H3808–לֹא–lo

Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods?

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

And thou hast let go -- even through thyself, Of thine inheritance that I gave to thee, And I have caused thee to serve thine enemies, In a land that thou hast not known, For a fire ye have kindled in Mine anger, Unto the age it doth burn.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

And he hath been as a naked thing in a desert, And doth not see when good cometh, And hath inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited.

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

And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.

וְלֹ֤א (לֹ֤א) Lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, `Is' one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.

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

And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou -- Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,

לֹא־ lo'- “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Nor do ye take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Yea, any work ye do not do, And ye have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers.

וְלֹא־ (לֹא) lo'- “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.

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

And if ye do not hearken unto me to sanctify the day of rest, And so as not to bear a burden, And to come in at the gates of Jerusalem on the day of rest, Then I have kindled a fire in its gates, And it hath consumed the high places of Jerusalem, And it is not quenched!'

לֹ֨א lo' “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So `are' ye in My hand, O house of Israel.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

But My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble in their ways -- paths of old, To walk in paths -- a way not raised up,

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'

וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place `with' innocent blood,

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.

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

`Therefore, lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and this place is not called any more, Tophet, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but, Valley of slaughter.

וְלֹא־ (לֹא) lo'- “not”

and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury -- without place to bury;

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

and it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur bringeth out Jeremiah from the stocks, and Jeremiah saith unto him, `Not Pashhur hath Jehovah called thy name, but -- Magor-Missabib.

לֹ֤א lo' “not”

And I said, `I do not mention Him, Nor do I speak any more in His name,' And it hath been in my heart As a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I have been weary of containing, And I am not able.

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

And Jehovah `is' with me, as a terrible mighty one, Therefore my persecutors stumble and prevail not, They have been exceedingly ashamed, For they have not acted wisely, Confusion age-during is not forgotten.

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

Then hath that man been as the cities, That Jehovah overthrew, and repented not, And he hath heard a cry at morning, And a shout at time of noon.

וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”

Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me -- my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

And after this -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I give Zedekiah king of Judah, And his servants, and the people, And those left in this city, From the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of their enemies, And into the hand of those seeking their life, And he hath smitten them by the mouth of the sword, He hath no pity on them, Nor doth he spare, nor hath he mercy.

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

For I have set My face against this city for evil, And not for good -- an affirmation of Jehovah. Into the hand of the king of Babylon it is given, And he hath burned it with fire.

וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

And if ye do not hear these words, By myself I have sworn -- an affirmation of Jehovah, That this house is for a desolation.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”