H9002–/וְ–v

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; For it is cut off from your mouth.

וּבְכ֔וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְהֵילִ֖לוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, And he has the fangs of a lioness.

וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹת (וּֽ) u. “and”

He has laid my vine waste, And stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white.

וּתְאֵנָתִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וְהִשְׁלִ֔יךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh's house. The priests, Yahweh's ministers, mourn.

וָנֶ֖סֶךְ (וָ) va. “and”

Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; For the wheat and for the barley; For the harvest of the field has perished.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, Even all of the trees of the field are withered; For joy has withered away from the sons of men.

וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְתַפּ֗וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, For the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house.

וְסִפְד֜וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וָנָֽסֶךְ׃ (וָ) va. “and”

Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, And all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, And cry to Yahweh.

וְזַעֲק֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

וּכְשֹׁ֖ד (וּ) u. “and”

Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; Joy and gladness from the house of our God?

וָגִֽיל׃ (וָ) va. “and”

Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, And the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

וְלֶ֣הָבָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, For the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

וְאֵ֕שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Blow you the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of Yahweh comes, For it is close at hand:

וְהָרִ֙יעוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, A great and strong people; There has never been the like, Neither will there be any more after them, Even to the years of many generations.

וַאֲפֵלָ֗ה (וַ) va. “and”וַעֲרָפֶ֔ל (וַ) va. “and”וְעָצ֔וּם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַֽחֲרָיו֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וָדֽוֹר׃ (וָ) va. “and”

A fire devours before them, And behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, And behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

וְאַחֲרָ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַֽחֲרָיו֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, And as horsemen, so do they run.

וּכְפָרָשִׁ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don't swerve off course.

וְאִ֤ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Neither does one jostle another; They march everyone in his path, And they burst through the defenses, And don't break ranks.

וְאִ֤ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְעַ֥ד (וּ) u. “and”

The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, And the stars withdraw their shining.

וְיָרֵ֙חַ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; For his forces are very great; For he is strong who obeys his command; For the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, And who can endure it?

וַֽיהוָ֗ה (וַֽ) va. “and”וְנוֹרָ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

"Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְצ֥וֹם (וּ) u. “and”וּבְבְכִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וּבְמִסְפֵּֽד׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Tear your heart, and not your garments, And turn to Yahweh, your God; For he is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, And relents from sending calamity.

וְקִרְע֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשׁ֖וּבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַחוּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַב־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִחָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Who knows? He may turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind him, Even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

וָנֶ֔סֶךְ (וָ) va. “and”

Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, And the bride out of her chamber.

וְיֹנְקֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַלָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, And don't give your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"

וְלַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽיֹאמְר֞וּ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”