H0408–אַל–al

Have no fear, you beasts of the field, for the grass-lands of the waste are becoming green, for the trees are producing fruit, the fig-tree and the vine give out their strength.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

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.

וְאַֽל־ (אַֽל) 'al- “may not”

Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not [it be]”

Do not see with pleasure your brother's evil day, the day of his fate, and do not be glad over the children of Judah on the day of their destruction, or make wide your mouth on the day of trouble.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

Do not go into the doors of my people on the day of their downfall; do not be looking on their trouble with pleasure on the day of their downfall, or put your hands on their goods on the day of their downfall.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

And do not take your place at the cross-roads, cutting off those of his people who get away; and do not give up to their haters those who are still there in the day of trouble.

וְאַֽל־ (אַֽל) 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.

אַל־ 'al- “do not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

And he had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or water:

אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”אַ֨ל־ 'Al- “may not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Give no word of it in Gath, let there be no weeping at all: at Beth-le-aphrah be rolling in the dust.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”

Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.

אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”

In that day it will be said to Jerusalem, Have no fear: O Zion, let not your hands be feeble.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”

The agreement which I made with you when you came out of Egypt, and my spirit, are with you still; have no fear.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Be not like your fathers, to whom the voice of the earlier prophets came, saying, Be turned now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not give ear to me or take note, says the Lord.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”

And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children of Israel, so I will give you salvation and you will be a blessing: have no fear and let your hands be strong.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.

אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”

... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”