H0408–אַל–al

Do not fear, O cattle of the field! For sprung forth have pastures of a wilderness, For the tree hath borne its fruit, Fig-tree and vine have given their strength!

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

And seek not Beth-El, and Gilgal enter not, And Beer-Sheba pass not through, For Gilgal doth utterly remove, And Beth-El doth become vanity.

וְאַֽל־ (אַֽל) 'al- “may not”

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, `is' with you, as ye said.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not [it be]”

And -- thou dost not look on the day of thy brother, On the day of his alienation, Nor dost thou rejoice over sons of Judah, In the day of their destruction, Nor make great thy mouth in a day of distress.

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

Nor come into a gate of My people in a day of their calamity, Nor look, even thou, on its misfortune in a day of its calamity, Nor send forth against its force in a day of its calamity,

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

Nor stand by the breach to cut off its escaped, Nor deliver up its remnant in a day of distress.

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

And they cry unto Jehovah, and say, `We pray Thee, O Jehovah, let us not, we pray Thee, perish for this man's life, and do not lay on us innocent blood, for Thou, Jehovah, as Thou hast pleased, Thou hast done.'

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

and he crieth and saith in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, `Man and beast, herd and flock -- let them not taste anything, let them not feed, even water let them not drink;

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

In Gath tell ye not -- in Acco weep not, In Beth-Aphrah, in dust roll thyself.

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

Ye do not prophesy -- they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

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

Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.

אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”

In that day it is said to Jerusalem, `Fear not, O Zion, let not thy hands be feeble.

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

The thing that I covenanted with you, In your coming forth from Egypt, And My Spirit is remaining in your midst, fear not.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Ye shall not be as your fathers, To whom the former prophets called, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Turn back I pray you, From your evil ways and from your evil doings, And they did not hearken, Nor attend to Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

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

And it hath come to pass, As ye have been a reviling among nations, O house of Judah, and house of Israel, So I save you, and ye have been a blessing, Do not fear, let your hands be strong.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

So I have turned back, I have purposed, in these days, To do good with Jerusalem, And with the house of Judah -- fear not!

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these `are' things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

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

And He did not make one `only', And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what `is' the one `alone'! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”