H3808–לֹא–lo

Say you, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots of it, and cut off the fruit of it, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots of it.

הֲלוֹא֩ (לוֹא֩) lO' “not”וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.

הֲלוֹא֩ (לוֹא֩) lO' “not”

Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king of it, and the princes of it, and brought them to him to Babylon:

הֲלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

לֹ֗א Lo' “not”

Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

וְלֹא֩ (לֹא֩) Lo' “not”

For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head.

לֹ֗א Lo' “not”

and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity,

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

and who does not any of those [supplied: duties], but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;

וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

Yet say you, Why does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”לֹ֤א lo' “not”

But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

הֲל֛וֹא (ל֛וֹא) Lo' “not”

But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways unequal?

לֹ֥א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”הֲלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”