H9002–/וְ–v

O my people, keep in mind now what was designed by Balak, king of Moab, and the answer which Balaam, son of Beor, gave him; the events, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may be certain of the upright acts of the Lord.

וּמֶה־ (וּ) u. “and”

He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

וּמָֽה־ (וּ) u. “and”וְאַ֣הֲבַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַצְנֵ֥עַ (וְ) ve. “and”

The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.

וְתוּשִׁיָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

וְאֵיפַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?

וּבְכִ֖יס (וּ) u. “and”

For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְשׁוֹנָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

So I have made a start with your punishment; I have made you waste because of your sins.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֶשְׁחֲךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתַסֵּג֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you.

וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּ֞ר (וְ) ve. “so”וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֹשְׁבֶ֙יהָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶרְפַּ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.

וְיָשָׁ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

וְהַשֹּׁפֵ֖ט (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגָּד֗וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.

וַאֲנִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And my hater will see it and be covered with shame; she who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? my eyes will see their desire effected on her, now she will be crushed under foot like the dust of the streets.

וְתֵרֶ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְכַסֶּ֣הָ (וּ) u. “and”

In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the towns of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.

וְעָדֶ֣יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָרֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְמִנִּ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.

וְגִלְעָ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.

וְיֵבֹ֔שׁוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.

וְיִֽרְא֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.

וְעֹבֵ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”

He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.

וְתַשְׁלִ֛יךְ (וְ) ve. “so”

The Lord is a God who takes care of his honour and gives punishment for wrong; the Lord gives punishment and is angry; the Lord sends punishment on those who are against him, being angry with his haters.

וְנֹקֵם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַ֣עַל (וּ) u. “and”וְנוֹטֵ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

וּגְדָל (וּ) u. “and”וְנַקֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִשְׂעָרָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְעָנָ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַרְמֶ֔ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּפֶ֥רַח (וּ) u. “and”

The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.

וְהַגְּבָע֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֵבֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וְהַצֻּרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”