H9002–/וְ–v

Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by Himself, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts: I am abominating the excellency of Jacob, And his high places I have hated, And I have delivered up the city and its fulness.

וְאַרְמְנֹתָ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְלֹאָֽהּ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And lifted him up hath his loved one, even his burner, To bring forth the bones from the house, And he said to him who `is' in the sides of the house, `Is there yet with thee?' And he said, `None,' then he said, `Hush! Save to make mention of the name of Jehovah.'

וּמְסָרְפ֗וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house `with' breaches, And the little house `with' clefts.

וְהַבַּ֥יִת (וְ) ve. “and”

Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough `it' with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.

וּפְרִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, He is forming locusts at the beginning of the ascending of the latter growth, and lo, the latter growth `is' after the mowings of the king;

וְהִנֵּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִ֨נֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say:

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall `made according to' a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line;

וְהִנֵּ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְיָד֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.'

וּמִקְדְּשֵׁ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

for thus said Amos: By sword die doth Jeroboam, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.'

וְיִ֨שְׂרָאֵ֔ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And Amaziah saith unto Amos, `Seer, go flee for thee unto the land of Judah, and eat there bread, and there thou dost prophesy;

וֶאֱכָל־ (וֶ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

and `at' Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it `is' the king's sanctuary, and it `is' the royal house.'

וּבֵֽית־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבֵ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”

And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, `I `am' no prophet, nor a prophet's son `am' I, but a herdsman I `am', and a cultivator of sycamores,

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וּבוֹלֵ֥ס (וּ) u. “and”

And now, hear a word of Jehovah: thou art saying, Do not prophesy against Israel, nor drop `any thing' against the house of Isaac,

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

therefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.'

וּבָנֶ֤יךָ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאַדְמָתְךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִ֨שְׂרָאֵ֔ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and, lo, a basket of summer-fruit.

וְהִנֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,

וְלַשְׁבִּ֖ית (וְ) ve. “and”

Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.

וְנַשְׁבִּ֣ירָה (וְ) ve. “so”וְהַשַּׁבָּ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִפְתְּחָה־ (וְ) ve. “so”וּלְהַגְדִּ֣יל (וּ) u. “and”וּלְעַוֵּ֖ת (וּ) u. “and”

To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.

וְאֶבְי֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַפַּ֥ל (וּ) u. “and”

And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head -- baldness, And made it as a mourning `of' an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Lo, days are coming, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have sent a famine into the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water But of hearing the words of Jehovah.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they have wandered from sea unto sea, And from north even unto east, They go to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, And they do not find.

וּמִצָּפ֖וֹן (וּ) u. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

In that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst.

וְהַבַּחוּרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Those swearing by the guilt of Samaria, And have said, Live doth thy god, O Dan, And, Live doth the way of Beer-Sheba, And they have fallen -- and rise not again!'

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

I have seen the Lord standing by the altar, and He saith: `Smite the knob, and the thresholds shake, And cut them off by the head -- all of them, And their posterity with a sword I do slay, Not flee to them doth the fleer, Nor escape to them doth a fugitive.

וְיִרְעֲשׁ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “so”וּבְצַ֙עַם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.

וְאִֽם־ (וְ) ve. “and”