H9005–/ל–l

Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

לֵאמֽוֹר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לָכֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

לִנְת֥וֹשׁ (לִ) li “to”וְלִנְת֖וֹץ (לִ) li “to”וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד׃ (לְ) le. “to”

if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

לִבְנֹ֖ת (לִ) li “to”וְלִנְטֹֽעַ׃ (לִ) li “to”

if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.

לְבִלְתִּ֖י (לְ) le. “to”לְהֵיטִ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”

Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Therefore thus says Yahweh: Ask you now among the nations, who has heard such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [supplied: gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up;

לַשָּׁ֣וְא (לַ) la. “to <the>”לָלֶ֣כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

לָשׂ֥וּם (לָ) la. “to”לְשַׁמָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “into”

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

לְק֥וֹל (לְ) le. “to”

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

לְנַפְשִׁ֑י (לְ) le. “for”לְפָנֶ֗יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְדַבֵּ֤ר (לְ) le. “to”לְהָשִׁ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [supplied: and] their young men struck of the sword in battle.

לָכֵן֩ (לָ) la. “<to>”לָרָעָ֗ב (לָ) la. “to <the>”

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי (לְ) le. “to”לְרַגְלָֽי׃ (לְ) le. “for”

Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don't forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.

לַמָּ֔וֶת (לַ) la. “for <the>”מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ (לְּ) le. “to”לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they didn't know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (לֵ) le. “to”

and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I didn't command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:

לִשְׂרֹ֧ף (לִ) li “to”לַבָּ֑עַל (לַ) la. “to <the>”

therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.

לָכֵ֞ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לַמָּק֨וֹם (לַ) la. “to the”

I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל (לְ) le. “to”לְע֥וֹף (לְ) le. “to”וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת (לְ) le. “to”

I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues of it.

לְשַׁמָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “into”וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֑ה (לִ) li “into”

I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”

Then shall you break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,

לְעֵינֵי֙ (לְ) le. “to”

and shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place to bury.

לְהֵרָפֵ֖ה (לְ) le. “to”לִקְבּֽוֹר׃ (לִ) li “to”

Thus will I do to this place, says Yahweh, and to the inhabitants of it, even making this city as Topheth:

לַמָּק֥וֹם (לַ) la. “to the”וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבָ֑יו (לְ) le. “to”וְלָתֵ֛ת (לָ) la. “to”