H9005–/ל–l

"Say to your brothers, 'My people!' And to your sisters, 'My loved one!'

לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם (לַ) la. “to”וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (לַ) la. “to”

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And I will build a wall against her, That she can't find her way.

לָכֵ֛ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

She will follow after her lovers, But she won't overtake them; And she will seek them, But won't find them. Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband; For then was it better with me than now.'

לִ֛י (לִ֛) l “for”

For she did not know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, And multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

לָ֔הּ (לָ֔) La “to”לָ֛הּ (לָ֛) la “to”לַבָּֽעַל׃ (לַ) la. “into <the>”

Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, And my new wine in its season, And will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

לָכֵ֣ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לְכַסּ֖וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, And no one will deliver her out of my hand.

לְעֵינֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, About which she has said, 'These are my wages that my lovers have given me; And I will make them a forest,' And the animals of the field shall eat them.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “of”לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to”לְיַ֔עַר (לְ) le. “into”

I will visit on her the days of the Baals, To which she burned incense, When she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, And went after her lovers, And forgot me," says Yahweh.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”

"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, And bring her into the wilderness, And speak tenderly to her.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

I will give her vineyards from there, And the valley of Achor for a door of hope; And she will respond there, As in the days of her youth, And as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

לָ֤הּ (לָ֤) la “to”לְפֶ֣תַח (לְ) le. “to”

It will be in that day," says Yahweh, "That you will call me 'my husband,' And no longer call me 'my master.'

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “<to>”

In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, And with the birds of the sky, And with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, And will make them lie down safely.

לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “to”לָבֶֽטַח׃ (לָ) la. “to”

I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to”לְעוֹלָ֑ם (לְ) le. “for”לִי֙ (לִ) l “to”

I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; And you shall know Yahweh.

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to”

I will sow her to me in the earth; And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; And I will tell those who were not my people, 'You are my people;' And they will say, 'My God!'"

לִּי֙ (לִּ) l “for”לְלֹֽא־ (לְ) le. “to”

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

לִּ֔י (לִּ֔) L “for”

I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so toward you."

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”לְאִ֑ישׁ (לְ) le. “to”

Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; For Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, Nor goodness, Nor knowledge of God in the land.

לַֽיהוָה֙ (לַֽ) la. “[belongs] to”

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, That you may be no priest to me. Because you have your God's law, I will also forget your children.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “<to>”

As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.

לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “to”

It will be, like people, like priest; And I will punish them for their ways, And will repay them for their deeds.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to”

They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; Because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.

לִשְׁמֹֽר׃ (לִ) li “to”

My people consult with their wooded idol, And answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, And they have been unfaithful to their God.

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to”

Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “<to>”

"Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, And give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; For you have been a snare at Mizpah, And a net spread on Tabor.

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “[belongs] to”לְמִצְפָּ֔ה (לְ) le. “to”