H9005–/ל–l

Jehovah of hosts hath sworn saying, Assuredly as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, it shall stand:

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

to break the Assyrian in my land; and upon my mountains will I tread him under foot; and his yoke shall depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

לִשְׁבֹּ֤ר (לִ) li “to”

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; but I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

לָבֶ֣טַח (לָ) la. “to”

He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep; Moab howleth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.

לְבֶ֑כִי (לְ) le. “for”

And Heshbon crieth, and Elealeh: their voice is heard unto Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out: his soul trembleth in him.

לּֽוֹ׃ (לּֽ) l “to”

My heart crieth out for Moab; their fugitives [ergänzt: have fled] unto Zoar, unto Eglath-Sheli-shijah: for by the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up by it; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.

לְמוֹאָ֣ב (לְ) le. “for”

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood, for I will lay yet more upon Dimon: a lion upon them that are escaped of Moab, and upon that which remaineth of the land.

לִפְלֵיטַ֤ת (לִ) li “[will be] for”וְלִשְׁאֵרִ֖ית (לִ) li “for”

And it shall be [ergänzt: that] as a wandering bird, [ergänzt: as] a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

לְאַרְנֽוֹן׃ (לְ) le. “of”

Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the waster. For the extortioner is at an end, the wasting hath ceased, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

לָ֖מוֹ (לָ֖) la. “of”

Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab; every one of them shall howl. For the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn, verily afflicted.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לְמוֹאָ֖ב (לְ) le. “for”לַאֲשִׁישֵׁ֧י (לַ) la. “for”

Therefore my bowels sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirheres.

לְמוֹאָ֔ב (לְ) le. “for”לְקִ֥יר (לְ) le. “for”

And it shall come to pass, when Moab shall appear, shall weary himself on the high place, and enter into his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.

לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

And now Jehovah speaketh saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired servant, and the glory of Moab shall be brought to nothing, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be small, few, of no account.

לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid.

לַעֲדָרִ֣ים (לַ) la. “for”

The nations rush as the rushing of many waters; but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling [ergänzt: of dust] before the whirlwind:

לִפְנֵי־ (לִ) li “<to>”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

behold, at eventide, trouble; before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

לְעֵ֥ת (לְ) le. “to”לְבֹזְזֵֽינוּ׃ (לְ) le. “of”

Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,

לְנַֽהֲרֵי־ (לְ) le. “of”

For before the harvest, when the blossoming is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning-knives, and take away [ergänzt: and] cut down the branches.

לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”

They shall be left together unto the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the earth; and the birds of prey shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

לְעֵ֣יט (לְ) le. “to”וּֽלְבֶהֱמַ֖ת (לְ) le. “to”

In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts of a people scattered and ravaged, -- and from a people terrible from their existence and thenceforth, a nation of continued waiting and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled, ... to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion.

לַיהוָ֣ה (לַ) la. “to”

Where are they then, thy wise [ergänzt: men]? Let them now tell thee, and let them make known what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

לְמִצְרַ֖יִם (לְ) le. “for”

And the land of Judah shall be a dismay unto Egypt: every one that thinketh of it shall be afraid for himself, because of the counsel of Jehovah of hosts, which he hath purposed against it.

לְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְחָגָּ֔א (לְ) le. “<into>”

In that day shall there be five cities in the land of Egypt speaking the language of Canaan, and swearing by Jehovah of hosts: one shall be called, The city of Heres.

לַיהוָ֣ה (לַ) la. “to”לְאֶחָֽת׃ (לְ) le. “of”

In that day shall there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to Jehovah:

לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”לַֽיהוָֽה׃ (לַֽ) la. “to”