H9005–/ל–l

Because of paining the heart of the righteous with falsehood, And I have not pained it, And strengthening the hands of the wicked, So as not to turn back from his evil way, To keep him alive,

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

Therefore, vanity ye do not see, And divination ye do not divine again, And I have delivered My people out of your hand, And ye have known that I `am' Jehovah!'

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.

לְפָנָֽי׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

`Son of man, these men have caused their idols to go up on their heart, and the stumbling-block of their iniquity they have put over-against their faces; am I inquired of at all by them?

לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “by”

`Therefore, speak with them, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Every one of the house of Israel who causeth his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath gone in unto the prophet -- I Jehovah have given an answer to him for this, for the abundance of his idols,

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

`Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn ye back, yea, turn ye back from your idols, and from all your abominations turn back your faces,

לָכֵ֞ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

for every one of the house of Israel, and of the sojourners who doth sojourn in Israel, who is separated from after Me, and doth cause his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath come in unto the prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I, Jehovah, have answered him for Myself;

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

and I have set My face against that man, and made him for a sign, and for similes, and I have cut him off from the midst of My people, and ye have known that I `am' Jehovah.

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

so that the house of Israel do not wander any more from after Me, nor are defiled any more with all their transgressions, and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

`Son of man, the land -- when it sinneth against Me to commit a trespass, and I have stretched out My hand against it, and broken for it the staff of bread, and sent into it famine, and cut off from it man and beast --

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

these three men in its midst: I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah -- neither sons nor daughters do they deliver; they alone are delivered, and the land is a desolation.

לְבַדָּם֙ (לְ) le. “to”

and these three men in its midst: I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah -- they deliver not sons and daughters, for they alone are delivered.

לְבַדָּ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”

`Or -- pestilence I send unto that land, and I have poured out My fury against it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast --

לְהַכְרִ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”

`For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Although My four sore judgments -- sword, and famine, and wild beast, and pestilence -- I have sent unto Jerusalem, to cut off from it man and beast,

לְהַכְרִ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it?

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

Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work?

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

Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work?

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

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among trees of the forest, That I have given to the fire for fuel, So I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity `Are' of the land of the Canaanite, Thy father the Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.

לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (לִ) li. “to”

As to thy nativity, in the day thou wast born, Thou -- thy navel hath not been cut, And in water thou wast not washed for ease, And thou hast not been salted at all, And thou hast not been swaddled at all.

לְמִשְׁעִ֑י (לְ) le. “for”

No eye hath had pity on thee, to do to thee any of these, To have compassion on thee, And thou art cast on the face of the field, With loathing of thy person. In the day thou hast been born -- thou!

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