H9005–/ל–l

Thus says the king, Don't let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “<to>”לְהַצִּ֥יל (לְ) le. “to”

neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, Yahweh will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and of honey, that you may live, and not die: and don't listen to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, Yahweh will deliver us.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.

לֵאמֹ֖ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”

They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

לְלֵדָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “for”

It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.

לְחָרֵף֙ (לְ) le. “to”

Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to”

Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

לְאַרְצ֑וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

When he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered?

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”לְהַֽחֲרִימָ֑ם (לְ) le. “by”

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh, and spread it before Yahweh.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit [supplied: above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְבַדְּךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to”לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “of”

Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent him to defy the living God.

לְחָרֵ֖ף (לְ) le. “to”

Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save you us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you Yahweh are God alone.

לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard [supplied: you].

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

לְךָ֜ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְךָ֗ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Haven't you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְמִ֥ימֵי (לְ) le. “<to>”לַהְשׁ֛וֹת (לַ) la “[about] to”

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it.

לְּךָ֣ (לְּ) le. “for”

The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

לְמָ֑טָּה (לְ) le. “<to>”לְמָֽעְלָה׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

לְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּ (לְ) le. “to”

In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live.

לָמ֑וּת (לָ) la. “to”לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ (לְ) le. “to”