H9002–/וְ–v

Hear, ye peoples, all of you: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

וּמְלֹאָ֑הּ (וּ) u. “and”וִיהִי֩ (וִ) vi. “so”

And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.

וְהָעֲמָקִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

וּבְחַטֹּ֖אות (וּ) u. “and”וּמִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, [ergänzt: and] as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.

וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ (וִ) vi. “and”

And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a harlot shall they return.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

וְאֵילִ֔ילָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָר֑וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖בֶל (וְ) ve. “and”

Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

וָגֹ֔זִּי (וָ) va. “and”

Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

וּפֹ֥עֲלֵי (וּ) u. “and”

And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

וּבָתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבֵית֔וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְאִ֖ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the garment from them that pass by securely [ergänzt: as men] averse from war.

וְאֶתְמ֗וּל (וְ) ve. “and”

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction.

וּלְכ֔וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְחֶ֥בֶל (וְ) ve. “and”

If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, [ergänzt: saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

וָשֶׁ֣קֶר (וָ) va. “and”וְלַשֵּׁכָ֑ר (וְ) ve. “and”

The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.

וַיהוָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?

וּקְצִינֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”וְעוֹרָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָרְשׂוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּכְבָשָׂ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

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

Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:

וַאֲשֶׁר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

וְאוּלָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט (וּ) u. “and”וּגְבוּרָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

וּקְצִינֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (וִ) vi. “and”

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

וְכֹהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְבִיאֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

וִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (וִ) vi. “and”וְהַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it.

וְנִשָּׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”