H9005–/ל–l

Because with falsehood ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, to save his life:

וּלְחַזֵּק֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְבִלְתִּי־ (לְ) le. “to”לְהַחֲיֹתֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

therefore ye shall no more see vanity, nor divine divinations; and I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I [supplied: am] Jehovah.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And there came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

לְפָנָֽי׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “by”

Therefore speak to them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet, I Jehovah will answer him according to this, according to the multitude of his idols:

לָכֵ֣ן (לָ) la. “<to>”ל֦וֹ (ל֦) l “to”

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

לָכֵ֞ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet to inquire of me by him, I Jehovah will answer him by myself;

לִדְרָשׁ־ (לִ) li “to”ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”לּ֖וֹ (לּ֖) l “to <the>”

and I will set my face against that man, and will make him desolate, [supplied: so that he shall be] for a sign and for proverbs, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people: and ye shall know that I [supplied: am] Jehovah.

לְא֣וֹת (לְ) le. “into”וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔ים (לִ) li “into”

that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither make themselves any more unclean with all their transgressions; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “for”לְעָ֗ם (לְ) le. “<into>”לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים (לֵֽ) le. “<into>”

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Son of man, when a land sinneth against me by working unfaithfulness, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off man and beast from it;

לִי֙ (לִ) l “to”לִמְעָל־ (לִ) li “by”לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “of”

-- though these three men should be in it, [supplied: as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters: they only should be delivered, and the land should be a desolation.

לְבַדָּם֙ (לְ) le. “to”

and these three men should be in it, [supplied: as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only themselves should be delivered.

לְבַדָּ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”

Or [supplied: if] I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast,

לְהַכְרִ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

לְהַכְרִ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will [supplied: men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לִמְלָאכָ֑ה (לִ) li “into”לִתְל֥וֹת (לִ) li “to”

Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel: the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for [supplied: any] work?

לָאֵ֖שׁ (לָ) la. “to the”לְאָכְלָ֑ה (לְ) le. “for”לִמְלָאכָֽה׃ (לִ) li “for”

Behold, when it was whole, it was used for no work; how much less when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burned, should it yet be used for any work?

לִמְלָאכָ֑ה (לִ) li “into”לִמְלָאכָֽה׃ (לִ) li “into”

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לָאֵ֖שׁ (לָ) la. “to the”לְאָכְלָ֑ה (לְ) le. “for”

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite: thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.

לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (לִ) li. “to”

And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water for cleansing; thou wast not rubbed with salt at all, nor swaddled at all.

לְמִשְׁעִ֑י (לְ) le. “for”

No eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, from abhorrence of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לָ֛ךְ (לָ֛) la “for”לְחֻמְלָ֣ה (לְ) le. “for”