H3808–לֹא–lo

And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who giv

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”לֹא־ lo'- “not”

And I will have your veils violently parted in two, and will make my people free from your hands, and they will no longer be in your power for you to go after them; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

Because with your false words you have given pain to the heart of the upright man when I had not made him sad; in order to make strong the hands of the evil-doer so that he may not be turned from his evil way and get life:

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

For this cause you will see no more foolish visions or make false use of secret arts: and I will make my people free from your power; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹא־ lo'- “not”

So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.

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

Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

They will give you comfort when you see their ways and their doings: and you will be certain that not for nothing have I done all the things I have done in it, says the Lord.

לֹ֨א lo' “not”

Truly, before it was cut down, it was not used for any purpose: how much less, when the fire has made a meal of it and it is burned, will it be made into anything?

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

As for your birth, on the day of your birth your cord was not cut and you were not washed in water to make you clean; you were not salted or folded in linen bands.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

No eye had pity on you to do any of these things to you or to be kind to you; but you were put out into the open country, because your life was hated at the time of your birth.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

And you took your robes and made high places for yourself ornamented with every colour, acting like a loose woman on them, without shame or fear.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

And in all your disgusting and false behaviour you had no memory of your early days, when you were uncovered and without clothing, stretched out in your blood.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting like a loose woman with them, and still you had not enough.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

And you went on in your loose ways, even as far as the land of Chaldaea, and still you had not enough.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

For you have made your arched room at the top of every street, and your high place in every open place; though you were not like a loose woman in getting together your payment.

וְלֹא־ (לֹא) lo'- “not”

And in your loose behaviour you are different from other women, for no one goes after you to make love to you: and because you give payment and no payment is given to you, in this you are different from them.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

And they will have you burned with fire, sending punishments on you before the eyes of great numbers of women; and I will put an end to your loose ways, and you will no longer give payment.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

And the heat of my wrath against you will have an end, and my bitter feeling will be turned away from you, and I will be quiet and will be angry no longer.

וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

Because you have not kept in mind the days when you were young, but have been troubling me with all these things; for this reason I will make the punishment of your ways come on your head, says the Lord, because you have done this evil thing in addition

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

Still you have not gone in their ways or done the disgusting things which they have done; but, as if that was only a little thing, you have gone deeper in evil than they in all your ways.

וְלֹ֤א (לֹ֤א) Lo' “not”

Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

And Samaria has not done half your sins; but you have made the number of your disgusting acts greater than theirs, making your sisters seem more upright than you by all the disgusting things which you have done.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

Was not your sister Sodom an oath in your mouth in the day of your pride,

וְל֤וֹא (ל֤וֹא) Lo' “not”

Then at the memory of your ways you will be overcome with shame, when I take your sisters, the older and the younger, and give them to you for daughters, but not by your agreement.

וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

So that, at the memory of these things, you may be at a loss, never opening your mouth because of your shame; when you have my forgiveness for all you have done, says the Lord.

וְלֹ֨א (לֹ֨א) Lo' “not”