H3808–לֹא–lo

Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh's.

ל֥וֹא Lo' “not”

They have denied Yahweh, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

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

Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel, says Yahweh: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don't know, neither understand what they say.

לֹא־ lo'- “[which] not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

But even in those days, says Yahweh, I will not make a full end with you.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

It shall happen, when you shall say, Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us? then shall you say to them, Like as you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

לֹ֥א lo' “[which] not”

Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:

וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

Don't you fear me? says Yahweh: won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though the waves of it toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

They are grew fat, they shine: yes, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy they don't judge.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Shall I not visit for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.

ל֥וֹא Lo' “[which] not”

To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen: behold, the word of Yahweh is become to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

Thus says Yahweh, Stand you in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [ergänzt: therein].

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

I set watchmen over you, [ergänzt: saying], Listen to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not listen.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Hear, earth: behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

To what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹא־ lo'- “not”

They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.

וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”

The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

Now, because you have done all these works, says Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't answer:

וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

Do they provoke me to anger? says Yahweh; [ergänzt: do they] not [ergänzt: provoke] themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

הֲל֣וֹא (ל֣וֹא) Lo' “not”

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, my anger and my wrath shall be poured out on this place, on man, and on animal, and on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

For I didn't speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

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