H9005–/ל–l

Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see; where have you not been lain with? By the ways have you sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”

Will you not from this time cry to me, My Father, you are the guide of my youth?

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to <the>”

Will he retain [supplied: his anger] forever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.

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

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says Yahweh; I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful, says Yahweh, I will not keep [supplied: anger] forever.

לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “for”

Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says Yahweh.

לַזָּרִ֗ים (לַ) la. “to <the>”

and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

לָכֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Yahweh; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

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

But I said, How I will put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, You shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.

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

Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. Behold, we are come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”

Truly in vain is [supplied: the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.

לַשֶּׁ֛קֶר (לַ) la. “to <the>”

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God.

לַיהוָ֨ה (לַ) la. “to”

For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.

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

Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

לַיהֹוָ֗ה (לַ) la. “to”

A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

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

Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the life.

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

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;

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

a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.

לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “for <the>”

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [supplied: shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined.

לָ֖נוּ (לָ֖) La. “to <the>”

make you mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [supplied: that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

לַגּוֹיִ֗ם (לַ) la. “to the”

Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to <the>”

My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

לִּ֥י (לִּ֥) l “to <the>”

For my people are foolish, they don't know me; they are foolish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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

You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make yourself beautiful; [supplied: your] lovers despise you, they seek your life.

לַשָּׁ֖וְא (לַ) la. “for <the>”

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, [supplied: saying], Woe is me now! for my soul faints before the murderers.

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