H9002–/וְ–v

For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

וִֽחְיֽוּ׃ (וִֽ) Vi “and”

And seek not Bethel, neither go to Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

וְאַֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגִּלְגָּל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְאֵ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”וּבֵֽית־ (וּ) u. “and”

Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [ergänzt: it], and there be none to quench [ergänzt: it] in Bethel.

וִֽחְי֑וּ (וִֽ) vi “and”וְאֵין־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

וּצְדָקָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

[ergänzt: seek him] that made the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah is his name.

וּכְסִ֗יל (וּ) u. “and”וְהֹפֵ֤ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְי֖וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”

He causeth destruction to break forth suddenly upon the strong, and bringeth destruction upon the fortress.

וְשֹׁ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

וְדֹבֵ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.

וּמַשְׂאַת־ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside [ergänzt: the right of] the needy in the gate.

וַעֲצֻמִ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִיהִי־ (וִ) vi. “and”

Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

וְאֶ֣הֱבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַצִּ֥יגוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all broadways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִסְפֵּ֖ד (וּ) u. “and”

And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָפֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell [ergänzt: a sweet odour] in your solemn assemblies.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and your oblations, I will not accept [ergänzt: them]; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts.

וּמִנְחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וְשֶׁ֥לֶם (וְ) ve. “and”

Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;

וְזִמְרַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.

וְיִגַּ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּצְדָקָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and oblations in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

וּמִנְחָ֜ה (וּ) u. “and”

Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye had made to yourselves;

וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the renowned of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come.

וְהַבֹּטְחִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Pass unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go to Hamath the great; and go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

וּרְא֔וּ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְכ֥וּ (וּ) u. “and”וּרְד֣וּ (וּ) u. “and”

that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall;

וּסְרֻחִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וְאֹכְלִ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲגָלִ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”

that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.

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