H9005–/ל–l

Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts, saying, `As I thought -- so hath it not been? And as I counselled -- it standeth;

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

To break Asshur in My land, And on My mountains I tread him down, And turned from off them hath his yoke, Yea, his burden from off their shoulder turneth aside.

לִשְׁבֹּ֤ר (לִ) li “to”

And delighted have the first-born of the poor, And the needy in confidence lie down, And I have put to death with famine thy root, And thy remnant it slayeth.

לָבֶ֣טַח (לָ) la. “to”

He hath gone up to Bajith and Dibon, The high places -- to weep, On Nebo and on Medeba Moab howleth, On all its heads `is' baldness, every beard cut off.

לְבֶ֑כִי (לְ) le. “for”

And cry doth Heshbon and Elealeh, Unto Jahaz heard hath been their voice, Therefore the armed ones of Moab do shout, His life hath been grievous to him.

לּֽוֹ׃ (לּֽ) l “to”

My heart `is' toward Moab, Cry do her fugitives unto Zoar, a heifer of the third `year', For -- the ascent of Luhith -- With weeping he goeth up in it, For, in the way of Horonaim, A cry of destruction they wake up.

לְמוֹאָ֣ב (לְ) le. “for”

For the waters of Dimon have been full of blood, For I set on Dimon additions, For the escaped of Moab a lion, And for the remnant of Adamah!

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

And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, `at' fords of Arnon.

לְאַרְנֽוֹן׃ (לְ) le. “of”

Sojourn in thee do My outcasts, O Moab, Be a secret hiding-place to them, From the face of a destroyer, For ceased hath the extortioner, Finished hath been a destroyer, Consumed the treaders down out of the land.

לָ֖מוֹ (לָ֖) la. “of”

Therefore howl doth Moab for Moab, all of it doth howl, For the grape-cakes of Kir-Hareseth it meditateth, Surely they are smitten.

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

Therefore my bowels for Moab as a harp do sound, And mine inward parts for Kir-Haresh.

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

And it hath come to pass, when it hath been seen, That weary hath been Moab on the high place, And he hath come unto his sanctuary to pray, And is not able.

לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

And now hath Jehovah spoken, saying, `In three years, as years of an hireling, Lightly esteemed is the honour of Moab, With all the great multitude, And the remnant `is' little, small, not mighty!'

לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.

לַעֲדָרִ֣ים (לַ) la. “for”

Nations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane.

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

At even-time, lo, terror, before morning it is not, This `is' the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!

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

Ho, land shadowed `with' wings, That `is' beyond the rivers of Cush,

לְנַֽהֲרֵי־ (לְ) le. “of”

For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath `one' cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down.

לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”

They are left together to the ravenous fowl of the mountains, And to the beast of the earth, And summered on them hath the ravenous fowl, And every beast of the earth wintereth on them.

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

At that time brought is a present to Jehovah of Hosts, A nation drawn out and peeled. Even of a people fearful from the beginning hitherto, A nation meting out by line, and treading down, Whose land floods have spoiled, Unto the place of the name of Jehovah of Hosts -- mount Zion!'

לַיהוָ֣ה (לַ) la. “to”

Where `are' they now, thy wise ones? Yea, let them tell to thee, I pray thee, And they know what Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled against Egypt!

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”

And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.

לְמִצְרַ֖יִם (לְ) le. “for”

And the land of Judah hath been to Egypt for a cause of staggering, Every one who doth mention it, for himself feareth, Because of the counsel of Jehovah of Hosts, That He is counselling against it.

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

In that day there are five cities in the land of Egypt, Speaking the lip of Canaan, And swearing to Jehovah of Hosts, `The city of destruction,' is said of one.

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

In that day there is an altar to Jehovah In the midst of the land of Egypt, And a standing pillar near its border to Jehovah,

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