H9005–/ל–l

Let there be no weeping for the dead, and make no songs of grief for him: but make bitter weeping for him who has gone away, for he will never come back or see again the country of his birth.

לְמֵ֔ת (לְ) le. “for”ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to <the>”לַֽהֹלֵ֔ךְ (לַֽ) la. “for”

A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”

Who says, I will make a wide house for myself, and rooms of great size, and has windows cut out, and has it roofed with cedar and painted with bright red.

לִּי֙ (לִּ) l “for <the>”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “for <the>”

Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “for <the>”

But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

לִשְׁפּ֔וֹךְ (לִ) li “to”לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (לַ) la. “to”

So this is what the Lord has said about Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

לָכֵ֞ן (לָ) la. “<to>”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “for <the>”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “for <the>”

They will do to him what they do to the dead body of an ass; his body will be pulled out and placed on the earth outside the doors of Jerusalem.

לְשַׁעֲרֵ֥י (לְ) le. “<to>”

O you who are living in Lebanon, making your living-place in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied will you be when pains come on you, as on a woman in childbirth!

לָ֣ךְ (לָ֣) la “to <the>”

But to the land on which their soul's desire is fixed, they will never come back.

לָשׁ֣וּב (לָ) la. “to”

So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, s

לָ֠כֵן (לָ֠) La. “<to>”

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

לְדָוִ֖ד (לְ) le. “for”

In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.

לָבֶ֑טַח (לָ) la. “to”

And so, truly, the days are coming when they will say no longer, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt;

לָכֵ֛ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.

לַנְּבִאִ֞ים (לַ) la. “of the”

For this cause their steps will be slipping on their way: they will be forced on into the dark and have a fall there: for I will send evil on them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

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

And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to m

לְבִ֨לְתִּי־ (לְ) le. “to”לִ֤י (לִ֤) l “to <the>”

So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land.

לָכֵ֞ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Do not give ear to the words which the prophets say to you: they give you teaching of no value: it is from themselves that their vision comes, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you.

לִֽמְנַאֲצַ֔י (לִֽ) li “to”לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Whose purpose is to take away the memory of my name from my people by their dreams, of which every man is talking to his neighbour, as their fathers gave up the memory of my name for the Baal.

לְהַשְׁכִּ֤יחַ (לְ) le. “to”לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ (לְ) le. “to”

If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.

לַתֶּ֥בֶן (לַ) la. “[belongs] to the”

For this cause I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take my words, every one from his neighbour.

לָכֵ֛ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people,

לָֽעָם־ (לָֽ) la. “<to> the”

And if this people, or the prophet, or a priest, questioning you, says, What word of weight is there from the Lord? then you are to say to them, You are the word, for I will not be troubled with you any more, says the Lord.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”