H9005–/ל–l

Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your e

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”

Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to <the>”

Will he be angry for ever? will he keep his wrath to the end? These things you have said, and have done evil and have had your way.

לְעוֹלָ֔ם (לְ) le. “for”לָנֶ֑צַח (לָ) la. “to”

Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.

לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “for”

Only be conscious of your sin, the evil you have done against the Lord your God; you have gone with strange men under every branching tree, giving no attention to my voice, says the Lord.

לַזָּרִ֗ים (לַ) la. “to <the>”

And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.

לָכֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

At that time Jerusalem will be named the seat of the Lord's kingdom; and all the nations will come together to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: and no longer will their steps be guided by the purposes of their evil hearts.

לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (לִ) li. “<to>”לְשֵׁ֥ם (לְ) le. “to”לִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (לִ) li. “to”

But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.

לָךְ֙ (לָ) lo “to <the>”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “<to> <the>”

Come back, you children who have been turned away, and I will take away your desire for wandering. See, we have come to you, for you are the Lord our God.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”

Truly, the hills, and the noise of an army on the mountains, are a false hope: truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

לַשֶּׁ֛קֶר (לַ) la. “to <the>”

Let us be stretched on the earth in our downfall, covering ourselves with our shame: for we have been sinners against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our earliest years even till this day: and we have not given ear to the voice of the Lord our

לַיהוָ֨ה (לַ) la. “to”

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.

לְאִ֤ישׁ (לְ) le. “to”וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (לִ) li. “to”לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “of”

Undergo a circumcision of the heart, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem: or my wrath may come out like fire, burning so that no one is able to put it out, because of the evil of your doings.

לַיהֹוָ֗ה (לַ) la. “to”

A lion has gone up from his secret place in the woods, and one who makes waste the nations is on his way; he has gone out from his place, to make your land unpeopled, so that your towns will be made waste, with no man living in them.

לָשׂ֤וּם (לָ) la. “to”לְשַׁמָּ֔ה (לְ) le. “into”

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! your words were not true when you said to this people and to Jerusalem, You will have peace; when the sword has come even to the soul.

לָעָ֤ם (לָ) la. “<to> the”וְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֣ם (לִ) li. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A burning wind from the open hilltops in the waste land is blowing on the daughter of my people, not for separating or cleaning the grain;

לָֽעָם־ (לָֽ) la. “to the”וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (לִ) li. “to”לִזְר֖וֹת (לִ) li “to”לְהָבַֽר׃ (לְ) le. “to”

A full wind will come for me: and now I will give my decision against them.

לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “for <the>”

See, he will come up like the clouds, and his war-carriages like the storm-wind: his horses are quicker than eagles. Sorrow is ours, for destruction has come on us.

לָ֖נוּ (לָ֖) La. “to <the>”

Make this come to the minds of the nations, make a statement openly against Jerusalem, that attackers are coming from a far country and their voices will be loud against the towns of Judah.

לַגּוֹיִ֗ם (לַ) la. “to the”

Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to <the>”

My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears.

לִּ֥י (לִּ֥) l “to <the>”

For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

לְהָרַ֔ע (לְ) le. “to”וּלְהֵיטִ֖יב (לְ) le. “to”

And you, when you are made waste, what will you do? Though you are clothed in red, though you make yourself beautiful with ornaments of gold, though you make your eyes wide with paint, it is for nothing that you make yourself fair; your lovers have no mo

לַשָּׁ֖וְא (לַ) la. “for <the>”

A voice has come to my ears like the voice of a woman in birth-pains, the pain of one giving birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, fighting for breath, stretching out her hands, saying, Now sorrow is mine! for my strength is gone f

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”לְהֹרְגִֽים׃ (לְ) le. “to”