H0408–אַל–al

Thus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”

As a palm they `are' stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.

אַל־ 'al- “may not [it be]”

And thou, thou dost not pray for this people, Nor dost thou lift up for them cry and prayer, For I do not hearken in the time of their calling unto Me for their vexation.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they dealt treacherously against thee, Even they -- they called after thee fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to thee good things.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Hear, and give ear -- be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Why art Thou as one dumb? As a mighty one not able to save? And Thou `art' in our midst, O Jehovah, And Thy name over us is called, leave us not.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

And Jehovah saith unto me: Thou dost not pray for this people for good,

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

And thou hast said unto them this word: Tears come down mine eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For, `with' a great breach, Broken hath been the virgin daughter of my people, A very grievous stroke.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

Do not despise, for Thy name's sake, Dishonour not the throne of Thine honour, Remember, break not Thy covenant with us.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know -- I have borne for Thee reproach.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

For thus said Jehovah: Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people, An affirmation of Jehovah, The kindness and the mercies.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

Be not Thou to me for a terror, My hope `art' Thou in a day of evil.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Let my pursuers be ashamed, and let not me be ashamed -- me! Let them be affrighted, and let not me be affrighted -- me! Bring in on them a day of evil, And a second time `with' destruction destroy them.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

Thus said Jehovah, Take ye heed to yourselves, And ye bear not a burden on the day of rest, Nor have ye brought `it' in by the gates of Jerusalem.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me `is' for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!

אַל־ 'al- “may not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Cursed `is' the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed!

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”

Ye do not weep for the dead, nor bemoan for him, Weep ye sore for the traveller, For he doth not return again, Nor hath he seen the land of his birth.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Ye do not hearken unto the words Of the prophets who are prophesying to you, They are making you vain things, A vision of their own heart they speak, Not from the mouth of Jehovah.

אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”

And ye do not go after other gods to serve them, and to bow yourselves to them, nor do ye provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I do no evil to you;

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

`Thus said Jehovah, Stand thou in the court of the house of Jehovah, and thou hast spoken unto all `those of' the cities of Judah who are coming in to bow themselves in the house of Jehovah, all the words that I have commanded thee to speak unto them, thou dost not diminish a word.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

`And ye, ye do not hearken unto your prophets, and unto your diviners, and unto your dreamers, and unto your observers of clouds, and unto your sorcerers who are speaking unto you, saying, Ye do not serve the king of Babylon, --

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

`And ye do not hearken unto the words of the prophets who are speaking unto you, saying, Ye do not serve the king of Babylon, -- for falsehood they are prophesying to you.

וְאַֽל־ (אַֽל) 'al- “may not”