H9008–/ה–h

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say: 'Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us'?

הֲל֤וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no King in thee, is thy Counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?

הֲמֶ֣לֶךְ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

'Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?

הַאֲקַדְּמֶ֣נּוּ (הַ) ha. “¿”

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?'

הֲיִרְצֶ֤ה (הֲ) ha. “¿”הַאֶתֵּ֤ן (הַ) ha. “¿”

Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

הַאִשׁ֙ (הַ) ha. “¿”

'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'

הַאֶזְכֶּ֖ה (הַ) ha. “¿”

Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea her wall?

הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Art not Thou from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, Thou hast ordained them for judgment, and Thou, O Rock, hast established them for correction.

הֲל֧וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?

הַ֥עַל (הַ֥) Ha. “¿”

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say: 'Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with many pledges!'

הֲלוֹא־ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact interest of thee, and awake that shall violently shake thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

הֲל֣וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

הֲל֣וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Is it, O LORD, that against the rivers, is it that Thine anger is kindled against the rivers, or Thy wrath against the sea? that Thou dost ride upon Thy horses, upon Thy chariots of victory?

הֲבִנְהָרִים֙ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

'Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your cieled houses, while this house lieth waste?

הַעֵ֤ת (הַ) ha. “¿”

Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? is not such a one as nothing in your eyes?

הֲל֥וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

If one bear hallowed flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it be holy?' And the priests answered and said: 'No.'

הֲיִקְדָּ֑שׁ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Then said Haggai: 'If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean?' And the priests answered and said: 'It shall be unclean.'

הֲיִטְמָ֑א (הֲ) ha. “¿”

is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree hath not brought forth--from this day will I bless you.'

הַע֤וֹד (הַ) ha. “¿”

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

הַלְעוֹלָ֖ם (הַ) ha “¿”

But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? so that they turned and said: Like as the LORD of hosts purposed to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath He d

הֲל֥וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

And the LORD said unto Satan: 'The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan, yea, the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee; is not this man a brand plucked out of the fire?'

הֲל֧וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Then the angel that spoke with me answered and said unto me: 'Knowest thou not what these are?' And I said: 'No, my lord.'

הֲל֥וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

And he answered me and said: 'Knowest thou not what these are?' And I said: 'No, my lord.'

הֲל֥וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

and to speak unto the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: 'Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?'

הַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ (הַֽ) ha. “¿”

'Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto Me, even to Me?

הֲצ֥וֹם (הֲ) ha. “¿”