H9005–/ל–l

The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours; they will go after you; in chains they will come over: and they will go down on their faces before you, and wi

וְלָ֣ךְ (לָ֣) La “to”

For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

לָשֶׁ֣בֶת (לָ) la. “to”

I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.

לְזֶ֥רַע (לְ) le. “to”

By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

לִי֙ (לִ) l “to”

Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “of”

Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things which you took about have become a weight to the tired beast.

לַחַיָּ֖ה (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַבְּהֵמָ֑ה (לַ) la. “to the”לַעֲיֵפָֽה׃ (לַ) la. “for”

Who in your eyes is my equal? or what comparison will you make with me?

לְמִ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.

לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.

לָאָ֥רֶץ (לָ) la. “to the”לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “<to>”

Be seated in the dark without a word, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will no longer be named, The Queen of Kingdoms.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “<to>”

I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.

לְעוֹלָ֖ם (לְ) le. “for”

So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me.

לָבֶ֔טַח (לָ) la. “to”

But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day, the loss of children and of husband: in full measure they will come on you, for all your secret arts, and all your wonders.

לָּ֨ךְ (לָּ֨) la “to”

But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.

לֶחֳדָשִׁ֔ים (לֶ) le. “to the”

Truly, they have become like dry stems, they have been burned in the fire; they are not able to keep themselves safe from the power of the flame: it is not a coal for warming them, or a fire by which a man may be seated.

לַחְמָ֔ם (לַ) la “to”לָשֶׁ֥בֶת (לָ) la. “to”

Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.

לָ֖ךְ (לָ֖) la “for”לְעֶבְרוֹ֙ (לְ) le. “to”

For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.

לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to”

They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.

וְלִפְנֵי־ (לִ) li “<to>”

Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “to <the>”

Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”לְבִלְתִּ֖י (לְ) le. “to”

For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.

לְאַחֵ֥ר (לְ) le. “to”

The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.

לְהוֹעִ֔יל (לְ) le. “to”

If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

לְמִצְוֹתָ֑י (לְ) le. “to”

Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.

מִלְּפָנָֽי׃ (לְּ) le. “to”