H9002–/וְ–v

"Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסָפ֜וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (וּ) u. “and”וְזֶה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

When you eat, and when you drink, don't you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

וְכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Aren't these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?'"

וּשְׁלֵוָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעָרֶ֖יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנֶּ֥גֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

"Thus has Yahweh of Hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

וְחֶ֣סֶד (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַֽחֲמִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'

וְאַלְמָנָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָת֛וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָנִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָעַת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

וְאָזְנֵיהֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which Yahweh of Hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of Hosts.

וְלִבָּ֞ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen," said Yahweh of Hosts;

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

"but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate."

וְאֵ֣סָעֲרֵ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשָּׁ֑ב (וּ) u. “and”

Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath."

וְחֵמָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called 'The City of Truth;' and the mountain of Yahweh of Hosts, 'The Holy Mountain.'"

וְהַר־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

וּזְקֵנ֔וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְאִ֧ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."

וּרְחֹב֤וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וִֽילָד֑וֹת (וִֽ) vi. “and”

Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

וּמֵאֶ֖רֶץ (וּ) u. “and”

and I will bring them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness."

וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וּבִצְדָקָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

For before those days there was no wages for man, nor any wages for an animal; neither was there any peace to him who went out or came in, because of the adversary. For I set all men everyone against his neighbor.

וּשְׂכַ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”וְלַיּוֹצֵ֨א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַבָּ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשַׁלַּ֥ח (וַ) va. “so”

But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days," says Yahweh of Hosts.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

"For the seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit, and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.

וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (וְ) ve. “and”

It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don't be afraid. Let your hands be strong."

וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”

For thus says Yahweh of hosts: "As I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath," says Yahweh of Hosts, "and I didn't repent;

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don't be afraid.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

וּמִשְׁפַּ֣ט (וּ) u. “and”

and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.

וְאִ֣ישׁ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁבֻ֥עַת (וּ) u. “and”

Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "The fasts of the fourth fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace."

וְצ֣וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְצ֨וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְצ֣וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְשִׂמְחָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וּֽלְמֹעֲדִ֖ים (וּֽ) u. “and”וְהָאֱמֶ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׁל֖וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;

וְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”