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And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands.

לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (לֵ) le. “to”לְמַעֲשֵׂ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (לִ) li “<to>”

For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

לְעִ֨יר (לְ) le. “into”וּלְעַמּ֥וּד (לְ) le. “into”וּלְחֹמ֥וֹת (לְ) le. “into”לְמַלְכֵ֤י (לְ) le. “to”לְשָׂרֶ֔יהָ (לְ) le. “to”לְכֹהֲנֶ֖יהָ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְעַ֥ם (לְ) le. “to”

They will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you, says the Lord, to give you salvation.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to <the>”לְהַצִּילֶֽךָ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became my bride; how you went after me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָךְ֙ (לָ) lo “to <the>”

Israel was holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all who made attacks on him were judged as wrongdoers, evil came on them, says the Lord.

לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “to”

And I took you into a fertile land, where you were living on its fruit and its wealth; but when you came in, you made my land unclean, and made my heritage a disgusting thing.

לֶאֱכֹ֥ל (לֶ) le. “to”לְתוֹעֵבָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “into”

For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.

לַחְצֹ֤ב (לַ) la “to”לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for <the>”

Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?

לָבַֽז׃ (לָ) la. “<into>”

The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.

לְשַׁמָּ֔ה (לְ) le. “into”

Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?

לָּ֑ךְ (לָּ֑) La “to <the>”

And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?

לָּךְ֙ (לָּ) lo “[is] to <the>”לְדֶ֣רֶךְ (לְ) le. “to”לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת (לִ) li “to”לָּךְ֙ (לָּ) lo “[is] to <the>”לְדֶ֣רֶךְ (לְ) le. “to”לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת (לִ) li “to”

But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”

For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.

לָ֖ךְ (לָ֖) la “for <the>”לְפָנַ֔י (לְ) le. “<to>”

Who say to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have given me life: for their backs have been turned to me, not their faces: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Up! and be our saviour.

לָעֵ֜ץ (לָ) la. “to <the>”וְלָאֶ֙בֶן֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

But where are the gods you have made for yourselves? let them come, if they are able to give you salvation in the time of your trouble: for the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah.

לָּ֔ךְ (לָּ֔) La “for <the>”

Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.

לָ֥מָּה (לָ֥) La. “<to>”

I gave your children blows to no purpose; they got no good from training: your sword has been the destruction of your prophets, like a death-giving lion.

לַשָּׁוְא֙ (לַ) la. “for <the>”

O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?

לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (לְ) le. “to”

With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.

לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (לְ) le. “to”לָכֵן֙ (לָ) la. “<to>”

Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.

לְשַׁנּ֣וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you.

לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come

לֵאמֹ֡ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְאִישׁ־ (לְ) le. “to”