H9002–/וְ–v

My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, That you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."

וּמֶה־ (וּ) u. “and”

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, To love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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

Yahweh's voice calls to the city, And wisdom sees your name: "Listen to the rod, And he who appointed it.

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

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, And a short ephah that is accursed?

וְאֵיפַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?

וּבְכִ֖יס (וּ) u. “and”

Her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

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

Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; And that which you save I will give up 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 sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; And crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.

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

For the statutes of Omri are kept, And all the works of the house of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, That I may make you a ruin, And her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people."

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

The godly man has perished out of the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.

וְיָשָׁ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; And the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

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

But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

וַאֲנִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

Then my enemy will see it, And shame will cover her who said to me, Where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.

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

In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, And from Egypt even to the River, And from sea to sea, And 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”

Shepherd your people with your staff, The flock of your heritage, Who dwell by themselves in a forest, In the midst of fertile pasture land, let them feed; In Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

וְגִלְעָ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

וְיֵבֹ֔שׁוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, And will be afraid because of you.

וְיִֽרְא֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, And passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, Because he delights in loving kindness.

וְעֹבֵ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”

He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; And you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

וְתַשְׁלִ֛יךְ (וְ) ve. “so”

Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

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

Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in 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 rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

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

The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.

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

Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

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