H3808–לֹא–lo

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

לֹ֤א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them.

לֹ֤א lo' “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says Yahweh.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight.

וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says Yahweh: shall I who cause to bring forth shut [ergänzt: the womb]? says your God.

וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”וְלֹא־ (לֹא) lo'- “not”

They shall go forth, and look on the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

They shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you, says Yahweh, to deliver you.

וְלֹא־ (לֹא) lo'- “not”

Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Neither said they, Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man lived?

וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”לֹֽא־ lo'- “[which] not”וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

The priests didn't say, Where is Yahweh? and those who handle the law didn't know me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

לֹ֤א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹֽא־ lo'- “[things which] not”

Has a nation changed [ergänzt: its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”בְּל֥וֹא (ל֥וֹא) Lo' “[that which] not”

For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

Haven't you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?

הֲלוֹא־ (לוֹא) lo'- “not”

Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.

וְלֹ֤א (לֹ֤א) Lo' “not”

For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not serve; for on every high hill and under every green tree you did bow yourself, playing the prostitute.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: [ergänzt: you are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all those who seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

ל֕וֹא Lo' “In-”

who tell a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”

In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

Generation, see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? or a land of thick darkness? why say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more to you?

לֽוֹא־ lo'- “not”

Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: you did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

Yet you said, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with you, because you say, I have not sinned.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”