H9005–/ל–l

The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is fat with the best of the meat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the best parts of the sheep: for the Lord has a feast in Bozrah, and much cattle will be put to death in the land of Edom.

לַיהוָ֞ה (לַ) la. “[belongs] to”לַֽיהוָה֙ (לַֽ) la. “[belongs] to”

For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.

לַֽיהוָ֑ה (לַֽ) la. “[belongs] to”לְרִ֥יב (לְ) le. “for”

And its streams will be turned into boiling oil, and its dust into burning stone, and all the land will be on fire.

לְזֶ֔פֶת (לְ) le. “into”לְגָפְרִ֑ית (לְ) le. “into”לְזֶ֖פֶת (לְ) le. “<into>”

It will not be put out day or night; its smoke will go up for ever: it will be waste from generation to generation; no one will go through it for ever.

לְעוֹלָ֖ם (לְ) le. “for”לָדוֹר֙ (לָ) la. “to”לְנֵ֣צַח (לְ) le. “to”

And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches.

לִבְנ֥וֹת (לִ) li “for”

And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there.

לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “for”

And he has given them their heritage, and by his hand it has been measured out to them: it will be theirs for ever, their resting-place from generation to generation.

לָהֶן֙ (לָ) la. “for”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”לְד֥וֹר (לְ) le. “to”

It will be flowering like the rose; it will be full of delight and songs; the glory of Lebanon will be given to it; the pride of Carmel and Sharon: they will see the glory of the Lord, the power of our God.

לָ֔הּ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”

Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.

לְנִמְהֲרֵי־ (לְ) le. “to”

And the burning sand will become a pool, and the dry earth springs of waters: the fields where the sheep take their food will become wet land, and water-plants will take the place of grass.

לַאֲגַ֔ם (לַ) la. “<into>”לְמַבּ֣וּעֵי (לְ) le. “<into>”לְקָנֶ֥ה (לְ) le. “<into>”

And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.

לָ֔הּ (לָ֔) La “to”לָ֑מוֹ (לָ֑) la. “[will belong] to”

And it came about in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.

לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (לַ) la. “of the”

You say you have a design and strength for war, but these are only words: now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?

לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (לַ) la. “for <the>”

See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

לְכָֽל־ (לְ) le. “to”

And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God; is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar?

לִֽיהוּדָה֙ (לִֽ) li. “to”וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (לִ) li. “to”לִפְנֵ֛י (לִ) li “<to>”

And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.

לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to”לָ֥תֶת (לָ֥) La. “to”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “for <the>”

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “<for>”לְרֶ֖כֶב (לְ) le. “for”וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃ (לְ) le. “for”

And have I now come to send destruction on this land without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.

לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּ (לְ) le. “to”

But the Rab-shakeh said, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.

לְדַבֵּ֖ר (לְ) le. “to”לֶאֱכֹ֣ל (לֶ) le. “to”וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹת (לִ) li “to”

This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “<to>”לְהַצִּ֥יל (לְ) le. “to”

And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe. Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

לֵאמֹ֖ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”

And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.

לְלֵדָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “for”