H9003–/ב–b

You will have sons and daughters, but they will not be yours; for they will go away prisoners into a strange land.

בַּשֶּֽׁבִי׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.

בְּקִרְבְּךָ֔ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And all these curses will come after you and overtake you, till your destruction is complete; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, or keep his laws and his orders which he gave you:

בְּקוֹל֙ (בְּ) be. “to”

These things will come on you and on your seed, to be a sign and a wonder for ever;

בְךָ֔ (בְ) ve. “among <the>”וּֽבְזַרְעֲךָ֖ (בְ) ve. “among”

Because you did not give honour to the Lord your God, worshipping him gladly, with joy in your hearts on account of all your wealth of good things;

בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְט֣וּב (בְ) ve. “with”

For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.

בָּ֔ךְ (בָּ֔) Ba “on <the>”בְּרָעָ֧ב (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְצָמָ֛א (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְעֵירֹ֖ם (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְחֹ֣סֶר (בְ) ve. “in”

Your towns will be shut in by his armies, till your high walls, in which you put your faith, have come down: his armies will be round your towns, through all your land which the Lord your God has given you.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בָּהֵ֖ן (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּכָ֨ל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And your food will be the fruit of your body, the flesh of the sons and daughters which the Lord your God has given you; because of your bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters.

בְּמָצוֹר֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְמָצ֔וֹק (בְ) ve. “in”

That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;

בְּךָ֔ (בְּ) be. “among <the>”בְאָחִיו֙ (בְ) ve. “on”וּבְאֵ֣שֶׁת (בְ) ve. “on”וּבְיֶ֥תֶר (בְ) ve. “on”

And will not give to any of them the flesh of his children which will be his food because he has no other; in the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

בְּמָצוֹר֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְמָצ֔וֹק (בְ) ve. “in”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;

בְךָ֜ (בְ) ve. “among <the>”בְּאִ֣ישׁ (בְּ) be. “on”וּבִבְנָ֖הּ (בִ) vi “on”וּבְבִתָּֽהּ׃ (בְ) ve. “on”

And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

וּֽבְשִׁלְיָתָ֞הּ (בְ) ve. “on”וּבְבָנֶ֙יהָ֙ (בְ) ve. “on”בְּחֹֽסֶר־ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּסָּ֑תֶר (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בְּמָצוֹר֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְמָצ֔וֹק (בְ) ve. “in”בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃ (בִּ) bi “in”

If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;

בַּסֵּ֣פֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

He will send on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which were a cause of fear to you, and they will take you in their grip.

בְּךָ֗ (בְּ) be. “on <the>”בָּֽךְ׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “to”

And all the diseases and the pains not recorded in the book of this law will the Lord send on you till your destruction is complete.

בְּסֵ֖פֶר (בְּ) be. “in”

And you will become a very small band, though your numbers were like the stars of heaven; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.

בִּמְתֵ֣י (בִּ) bi “<in>”בְּק֖וֹל (בְּ) be. “to”

And the Lord will send you wandering among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other: there you will be servants to other gods, of wood and stone, gods of which you and your fathers had no knowledge.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “among”

And even among these nations there will be no peace for you, and no rest for your feet: but the Lord will give you there a shaking heart and wasting eyes and weariness of soul:

וּבַגּוֹיִ֤ם (בַ) va. “among the”

Your very life will be hanging in doubt before you, and day and night will be dark with fears, and nothing in life will be certain:

בְּחַיֶּֽיךָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

In the morning you will say, If only it was evening! And at evening you will say, If only morning would come! Because of the fear in your hearts and the things which your eyes will see.

בַּבֹּ֤קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”וּבָעֶ֥רֶב (בָ) va. “in the”

And the Lord will take you back to Egypt again in ships, by the way of which I said to you, You will never see it again: there you will be offering yourselves as men-servants and women-servants to your haters for a price, and no man will take you.

בָּאֳנִיּוֹת֒ (בָּ) bo. “in”בַּדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ (בַּ) ba. “by the”

These are the words of the agreement which Moses was ordered by the Lord to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the agreement which he made with them in Horeb.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּחֹרֵֽב׃ (בְּ) be. “at”

And Moses said in the hearing of all Israel, You have seen all the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and all his land;

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.

בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you:

בְּקֶ֣רֶב (בְּ) be. “[is] in”