H9008–/ה–h

Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'

הֲל֤וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Now, why dost thou shout aloud? A king -- is there none in thee? Hath thy counsellor perished, That taken hold of thee hath pain as a travailing woman?

הֲמֶ֣לֶךְ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year?

הַאֲקַדְּמֶ֣נּוּ (הַ) ha. “¿”

Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do 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 `in' the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?

הַאִשׁ֙ (הַ) ha. “¿”

Do I reckon `it' pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

הַאֶזְכֶּ֖ה (הַ) ha. “¿”

Art thou better than No-Ammon, That is dwelling among brooks? Waters she hath round about her, Whose bulwark `is' the sea, waters her wall.

הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

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.

הֲל֧וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

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

הַ֥עַל (הַ֥) Ha. “¿”

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?

הֲלוֹא־ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

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

הֲל֣וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

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

הֲל֣וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Against rivers hath Jehovah been wroth? Against rivers `is' Thine anger? Against the sea `is' Thy wrath? For Thou dost ride on Thy horses -- Thy chariots of salvation?

הֲבִנְהָרִים֙ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Is it time for you -- you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?

הַעֵ֤ת (הַ) ha. “¿”

Who among you hath been left that saw this house in its former honour? And what are ye seeing it now? Is it not, compared with it, as nothing in your eyes?

הֲל֥וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Lo, one doth carry holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and he hath come with his skirt against the bread, or against the pottage, or against the wine, or against the oil, or against any food -- is it holy?' And the priests answer and say, `No.'

הֲיִקְדָּ֑שׁ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

And Haggai saith, `If the unclean of body doth come against any of these, is it unclean?' And the priests answer and say, `It is unclean.'

הֲיִטְמָ֑א (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Is the seed yet in the barn? And hitherto the vine and the fig, And the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, Have not borne -- from this day I bless.'

הַע֤וֹד (הַ) ha. “¿”

Your fathers -- where `are' they? And the prophets -- to the age do they live?

הַלְעוֹלָ֖ם (הַ) ha “¿”

Only, My words, and My statutes, That I commanded My servants the prophets, Have they not overtaken your fathers, And they turn back and say: As Jehovah of Hosts designed to do to us, According to our ways, and according to our doings, So He hath done to us?'

הֲל֥וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary: `Jehovah doth push against thee, O Adversary, Yea, push against thee doth Jehovah, Who is fixing on Jerusalem, Is not this a brand delivered from fire?'

הֲל֧וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

And the messenger who is speaking with me answereth and saith unto me, `Hast thou not known what these `are'?' And I say, `No, my lord.'

הֲל֥וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

And he speaketh unto me, saying, `Hast thou not known what these `are'?' And I say, `No, my lord.'

הֲל֥וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

speaking unto the priests who `are' at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, `Do I weep in the fifth month -- being separated -- as I have done these so many years?'

הַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ (הַֽ) ha. “¿”

`Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:

הֲצ֥וֹם (הֲ) ha. “¿”