H3808–לֹא–lo

For the keepers of the sheep have become like beasts, not looking to the Lord for directions: so they have not done wisely and all their flocks have been put to flight.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

Let your wrath be let loose on the nations which have no knowledge of you, and on the families who give no worship to your name: for they have made a meal of Jacob, truly they have made a meal of him and put an end to him and made his fields a waste.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

But they gave no attention and did not give ear, but they went on, every man in the pride of his evil heart: so I sent on them all the curses in this agreement, which I gave them orders to keep, but they did not.

וְלֹ֤א (לֹ֤א) Lo' “not”וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

So the Lord has said, I will send evil on them, which they will not be able to get away from; and they will send up a cry for help to me, but I will not give ear to them.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

Then the towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go crying for help to the gods to whom they have been burning perfumes: but they will give them no salvation in the time of their trouble.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.

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

So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the men of Anathoth who have made designs against your life, saying, You are not to be a prophet in the name of the Lord, or death will overtake you by our hands:

לֹ֤א lo' “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

Not one of them will keep his life, for I will send evil on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Though good grain was planted, they have got in thorns: they have given themselves pain without profit: they will be shamed on account of their produce, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

But if they will not give ear, then I will have that nation uprooted, and given to destruction, says the Lord.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not put it in water.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

So I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the place where I had put it away: and the band was damaged and of no use for anything.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

For as a band goes tightly round a man's body, so I made all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah tightly united to me; so that they might be a people for me and a name and a praise and a glory: but they would not give ear.

וְלֹ֖א (לֹ֖א) Lo' “not”

So you are to say this word to them: This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Every skin bottle will be full of wine; and they will say to you, Is it not quite clear to us that every skin bottle will be full of wine?

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

I will have them smashed against one another, fathers and sons together, says the Lord: I will have no pity or mercy, I will have no feeling for them to keep me from giving them to destruction.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

What will you say when he puts over you those whom you yourself have made your friends? will not pains take you like a woman in childbirth?

הֲל֤וֹא (ל֤וֹא) Lo' “not”

I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”