H9002–/וְ–v

Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee -- `Violence,' and Thou dost not save.

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

Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence `are' before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift `itself' up,

וְעָמָ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֹׁ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָמָ֖ס (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָד֖וֹן (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Look ye on nations, and behold and marvel greatly. For a work He is working in your days, Ye do not believe though it is declared.

וְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

For, lo, I am raising up the Chaldeans, The bitter and hasty nation, That is going to the broad places of earth, To occupy tabernacles not its own.

וְהַנִּמְהָ֑ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Terrible and fearful it `is', From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.

וְנוֹרָ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂאֵת֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.

וּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And at kings it doth scoff, And princes `are' a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.

וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֹזְנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Art not Thou of old, O Jehovah, my God, my Holy One? We do not die, O Jehovah, For judgment Thou hast appointed it, And, O Rock, for reproof Thou hast founded it.

וְצ֖וּר (וְ) ve. “and”

Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,

וְהַבִּ֥יט (וְ) ve. “and”

Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his drag, Therefore he doth joy and rejoice.

וְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָגִֽיל׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them `is' his portion fertile, and his food fat.

וִֽיקַטֵּ֖ר (וִֽ) vi. “so”וּמַאֲכָל֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?

וְתָמִ֛יד (וְ) ve. “and”

On my charge I stand, and I station myself on a bulwark, and I watch to see what He doth speak against me, and what I do reply to my reproof.

וְאֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲצַפֶּ֗ה (וַ) va. “so”וּמָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And Jehovah answereth me and saith: `Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.

וּבָאֵ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

For yet the vision `is' for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

וְיָפֵ֥חַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.

וְצַדִּ֖יק (וְ) ve. “and”

And also, because the wine `is' treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,

וְאַף֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֤וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo `to' him who is multiplying `what is' not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

וּמְלִיצָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְיֹאמַ֗ר (וְ) ve. “so”וּמַכְבִּ֥יד (וּ) u. “and”

Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?

וְיִקְצ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence `to' the land, `To' the city, and `to' all dwelling in it.

וַחֲמַס־ (וַ) va. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful `is' thy soul.

וְחוֹטֵ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.

וְכָפִ֖יס (וְ) ve. “and”

Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?

וְיִֽיגְע֤וּ (וְ) ve. “so”וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

Wo `to' him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.

וְאַ֣ף (וְ) ve. “and”