H9005–/ל–l

`Say ye to your brethren -- Ammi, And to your sisters -- Ruhamah.

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

Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.

לָכֵ֛ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And she hath pursued her lovers, And she doth not overtake them, And hath sought them, and doth not find, And she hath said: I go, and I turn back unto My first husband, For -- better to me then than now.

לִ֛י (לִ֛) l “for”

And she knew not that I had given to her, The corn, and the new wine, and the oil. Yea, silver I did multiply to her, And the gold they prepared for Baal.

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

Therefore do I turn back, And I have taken My corn in its season, And My new wine in its appointed time, And I have taken away My wool and My flax, covering her nakedness.

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

And now do I reveal her dishonour before the eyes of her lovers, And none doth deliver her out of My hand.

לְעֵינֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

And made desolate her vine and her fig-tree, Of which she said, A gift they `are' to me, That my lovers have given to me, And I have made them for a forest, And consumed them hath a beast of the field.

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

And I have charged on her the days of the Baalim, To whom she maketh perfume, And putteth on her ring and her ornament, And goeth after her lovers, And Me forgat -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”

Therefore, lo, I am enticing her, And have caused her to go to the wilderness, And I have spoken unto her heart,

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And given to her her vineyards from thence, And the valley of Achor for an opening of hope, And she hath responded there as in the days of her youth, And as in the day of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

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

And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me -- My husband, And dost not call Me any more -- My lord.

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “<to>”

And I have made to them a covenant in that day, with the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the creeping thing of the ground, And bow, and sword, and war I break from off the land, And have caused them to lie down confidently.

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

And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,

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

And betrothed thee to Me in faithfulness, And thou hast known Jehovah.

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to”

And I have sowed her to Me in the land, And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, And I have said to Lo-Ammi, My people thou `art', and it saith, My God!'

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

And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;

לִּ֔י (לִּ֔) L “for”

and I say unto her, `Many days thou dost remain for Me, thou dost not go a-whoring, nor become any one's; and I also `am' for thee.'

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

`Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife `is' to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land,

לַֽיהוָה֙ (לַֽ) la. “[belongs] to”

Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “<to>”

According to their abundance so they sinned against Me, Their honour into shame I change.

לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “to”

And it hath been, like people, like priest, And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to”

And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, They have gone a-whoring, and increase not, For they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

לִשְׁמֹֽר׃ (לִ) li “to”

My people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a-whoring from under their God.

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to”

Joined to idols `is' Ephraim, let him alone.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “<to>”

`Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment `is' for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.

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