H9005–/ל–l

Give ear to this word which the Lord has said against you, O children of Israel, against all the family which I took up out of the land of Egypt, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “[belongs] to”

Is it possible for a bird to be taken in a net on the earth where no net has been put for him? will the net come up from the earth if it has taken nothing at all?

לָ֑הּ (לָ֑) La “for”

For this reason, says the Lord, an attacker will come, shutting in the land on every side; and your strength will come down and your great houses will be made waste.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

For in the day when I give Israel punishment for his sins, I will send punishment on the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and come down to the earth.

לָאָֽרֶץ׃ (לָ) la. “to the”

Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

לַאֲדֹֽנֵיהֶ֖ם (לַ) la. “to”

Come to Beth-el and do evil; to Gilgal, increasing the number of your sins; come with your offerings every morning and your tenths every three days:

לִפְשֹׁ֑עַ (לִ) li “to”לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ (לַ) la. “to the”לִשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (לִ) li “to”

But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

לָכֶ֜ם (לָ) la. “to”

And I have kept back the rain from you, when it was still three months before the grain-cutting: I sent rain on one town and kept it back from another: one part was rained on, and the part where there was no rain became a waste.

לַקָּצִ֔יר (לַ) la. “[were] to the”

So two or three towns went wandering to one town looking for water, and did not get enough: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת (לִ) li “to”

So this is what I will do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, be ready for a meeting with your God, O Israel.

לָכֵ֕ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לְּךָ֖ (לְּ) le. “to”לָּ֔ךְ (לָּ֔) La “to”לִקְרַאת־ (לִ) li “to”

For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.

לְאָדָם֙ (לְ) le. “to”

For these are the words of the Lord God: The town which was able to send out a thousand, will have only a hundred; and that which sent out a hundred, will have only ten, in Israel.

לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “of”

For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:

לְבֵ֣ית (לְ) le. “to”

Do not be looking for help to Beth-el, and do not go to Gilgal, or make your way to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal will certainly be taken prisoner, and Beth-el will come to nothing.

לְאָֽוֶן׃ (לְ) le. “<into>”

Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will be no one to put it out in Beth-el.

לְבֵֽית־ (לְ) le. “[will belong] to”

You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

לְלַעֲנָ֖ה (לְ) le. “into”לָאָ֥רֶץ (לָ) la. “to the”

Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, who makes the day black with night; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth: the Lord is his name;

לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ (לַ) la. “into <the>”לְמֵֽי־ (לְ) le. “<to>”

So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.

לָ֠כֵן (לָ֠) La. “<to>”

So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries

לָ֠כֵן (לָ֠) La. “<to>”

Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.

לָמָּה־ (לָ) la. “<to>”לָכֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to”

Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “[will belong] to”

Even if you give me your burned offerings and your meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: I will have nothing to do with the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “to”

Did you come to me with offerings of beasts and meal offerings in the waste land for forty years, O Israel?

לִ֧י (לִ֧) l “to”