H3808–לֹא–lo

and He saith, `Call his name Lo-Ammi, for ye `are' not My people, and I am not for you;

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea, that is not measured nor numbered, and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them, Ye `are' not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;

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

Plead ye with your mother -- plead, (For she `is' not My wife, and I `am' not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

And her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms `are' they,

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

And she hath pursued her lovers, And she doth not overtake them, And hath sought them, and doth not find, And she hath said: I go, and I turn back unto My first husband, For -- better to me then than now.

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

And she knew not that I had given to her, The corn, and the new wine, and the oil. Yea, silver I did multiply to her, And the gold they prepared for Baal.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

And now do I reveal her dishonour before the eyes of her lovers, And none doth deliver her out of My hand.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me -- My husband, And dost not call Me any more -- My lord.

וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

And I have turned aside the names of the lords from her mouth, And they are not remembered any more by their name.

וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

And I have sowed her to Me in the land, And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, And I have said to Lo-Ammi, My people thou `art', and it saith, My God!'

לֹ֣א lo' “Lo-”לְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “Not-”

and I say unto her, `Many days thou dost remain for Me, thou dost not go a-whoring, nor become any one's; and I also `am' for thee.'

לֹ֣א lo' “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, They have gone a-whoring, and increase not, For they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

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

Therefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”לֹֽא־ lo'- “[which] not”

I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms `is' in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.

לֹ֤א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.

וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”

And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.

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

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

וְלֹא־ (לֹא) lo'- “not”

Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled `itself' on him, And he hath not known.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought Him for all this.

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

And have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside against Me.

וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

They turn back -- not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This `is' their derision in the land of Egypt!

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.

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

Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?

לֹ֥א lo' “not”