H3808–לֹא–lo

Say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither? All its fresh sprouting leaves shall wither, even without a great arm and many people to pluck it up by its roots.

הֲלוֹא֩ (לוֹא֩) lO' “not”וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

And behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither when the east wind toucheth it? It shall wither in the beds where it grew.

הֲלוֹא֩ (לוֹא֩) lO' “not”

Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things are? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king and its princes, and led them with him to Babylon.

הֲלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

[ergänzt: As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily in the place of the king that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him, in the midst of Babylon, shall he die.

לֹ֗א Lo' “not”

Neither shall Pharaoh with a mighty army and a great assemblage do anything for him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.

וְלֹא֩ (לֹא֩) Lo' “not”

He despised the oath, and broke the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, yet hath he done all these things: he shall not escape.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: [ergänzt: As] I live, verily, mine oath which he hath despised, and my covenant which he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his head.

לֹ֗א Lo' “not”

-- he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a woman in her separation,

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

and that doeth not any of those [ergänzt: duties], but also hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

given forth upon usury, and taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall certainly die; his blood shall be upon him.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

But lo, if he have begotten a son that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like:

וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

-- he hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; he hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

and hath not oppressed any, nor withholden the pledge, neither hath exercised robbery; he hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

he hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, [ergänzt: and] walked in my statutes: he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall certainly live.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

As for his father, because he practised oppression, exercised robbery upon his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

And ye say, Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? But the son hath done judgment and justice, hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them; he shall certainly live.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”לֹ֤א lo' “not”

And the wicked, if he turn from all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do judgment and justice, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered against him; in his righteousness which he hath done shall he live.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; is it not in his turning from his way, that he may live?

הֲל֛וֹא (ל֛וֹא) Lo' “not”

And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong, [ergänzt: and] doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered: in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought, and in his sin which he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

And ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear then, house of Israel. Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

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