H9002–/וְ–v

Hear, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fulness, And the Lord Jehovah is against you for a witness, The Lord from His holy temple.

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

Melted have been the mountains under Him, And the valleys do rend themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope.

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 the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?

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

And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, For plantations of a vineyard, And poured out into a valley her stones, And her foundations I uncover.

וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ (וִ) vi. “and”

And all her graven images are beaten down, And all her gifts are burnt with fire, And all her idols I make a desolation, For, from the hire of a harlot she gathered, and unto the hire of a harlot they return.

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

For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.

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

Make bald and shave, for thy delightful sons, Enlarge thy baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from thee!

וָגֹ֔זִּי (וָ) va. “and”

Wo `to' those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God.

וּפֹ֥עֲלֵי (וּ) u. “and”

And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.

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

Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am devising against this family evil, From which ye do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for a time of evil it `is'.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

And yesterday My people for an enemy doth raise himself up, From the outer garment the honourable ornament ye strip off, From the confident passers by, Ye who are turning back from war.

וְאֶתְמ֗וּל (וְ) ve. “and”

Rise and go, for this `is' not the rest, Because of uncleanness it doth corrupt, And corruption is powerful.

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

If one is going `with' the wind, And `with' falsehood hath lied: `I prophesy to thee of wine, and of strong drink,' He hath been the prophet of this people!

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

Gone up hath the breaker before them, They have broken through, Yea, they pass through the gate, Yea, they go out through it, And pass on doth their king before them, And Jehovah at their head!

וַיהוָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

And I say, `Hear, I pray you, heads of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?

וּקְצִינֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,

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

And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread `them' out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.

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

Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.

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

Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried `Peace,' And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.

וַאֲשֶׁר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to 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, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.

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

Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.

וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (וִ) vi. “and”

Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'

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

Therefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house `is' for high places of a forest!

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

And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, The mount of the house of Jehovah Is established above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the hills, And flowed unto it have peoples.

וְנִשָּׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”