H9002–/וְ–v

Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this from your hand? saith the LORD.

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

But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth to the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

וְאָר֣וּר (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֹדֵ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְזֹבֵ֥חַ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

וְהַ֨שָּׁל֔וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִפְּנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and turned many away from iniquity.

וְעַוְלָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְמִישׁוֹר֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְרַבִּ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

וְתוֹרָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But ye have departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

וְאַתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁפָלִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וְנֹשְׂאִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD whom he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

וְתוֹעֵבָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (וּ) u. “and”וּבָעַ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering to the LORD of hosts.

וְעֹנֶ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַגִּ֣ישׁ (וּ) u. “and”

And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

וְזֹאת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽאֲנָקָ֑ה (וַֽ) va. “and”וְלָקַ֥חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet ye say, Why? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

וּבֵ֣ין׀ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִ֥יא (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥שֶׁת (וְ) ve. “and”

And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁאָ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”וּמָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְאֵ֥שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”

For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith, that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, In what have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

וּבָהֶם֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he will come, saith the LORD of hosts.

וּפִתְאֹם֩ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַלְאַ֨ךְ (וּ) u. “and”

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.

וּמִ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וּכְבֹרִ֖ית (וּ) u. “and”

And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.

וּמְטַהֵר֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְכַכָּ֑סֶף (וְ) ve. “and”

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

וִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (וִ) vi. “and”וּכְשָׁנִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

וּבַמְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבְעֹשְׁקֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְיָת֤וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַטֵּי־ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

וְאַתֶּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Even from the days of your fathers ye have gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, In what shall we return?

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

Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

וְהַתְּרוּמָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

וְאֹתִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”