H9005–/ל–l

Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Thus shall you tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

לְדָרְשֵׁ֑נִי (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְעֶזְרָ֔ה (לְ) le. “to”לְאַרְצ֖וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

Thus says Yahweh, Don't deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.

לָלֶ֖כֶת (לָ) la. “to”לַחֲלִ֥ק (לַ) la. “to”

When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “into”

Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

לְךָ֤ (לְ) le. “to”וְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ (לַ) la. “to”וְלָעָ֣ם (לָ) la. “to the”

Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

ל֨וֹ (ל֨) l “to <the>”לַיּוֹם֙ (לַ) la “to the”

Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.

לּ֥וֹ (לּ֥) l “to <the>”לְשָׁלָ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

Then the princes said to the king, Let this man, we pray you, be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

לְדַבֵּ֣ר (לְ) le. “by”לְשָׁל֛וֹם (לְ) le. “for”לָעָ֥ם (לָ) la. “for the”לְרָעָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “for”

Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

לְיִרְמְיָ֣הוּ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armholes under the cords. Jeremiah did so.

לַחֲבָלִ֑ים (לַ) la. “to”

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.

לְךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָ֨נוּ (לָ֨) La. “for <the>”

But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of Yahweh, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.

לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (לַ) la. “to”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “for <the>”

But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:

לָצֵ֑את (לָ) la. “to”

behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you: [supplied: now that] your feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.

לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don't hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:

לָ֜נוּ (לָ֜) La. “to <the>”

then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְבִלְתִּ֧י (לְ) le. “to”לָמ֥וּת (לָ) la. “to”

Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

It happened when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and besieged it;

לְצִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ (לְ) le. “of”