H9005–/ל–l

Thus saith the LORD: the labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine; they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto the

וְלָ֣ךְ (לָ֣) La “to”

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens, He is God; that formed the earth and made it, He established it, He created it not a waste, He formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD, and there is none else.

לָשֶׁ֣בֶת (לָ) la. “to”

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob: 'Seek ye Me in vain'; I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

לְזֶ֥רַע (לְ) le. “to”

By Myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from My mouth in righteousness, and shall not come back, that unto Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

לִי֙ (לִ) l “to”

Only in the LORD, shall one say of Me, is victory and strength; even to Him shall men come in confusion, all they that were incensed against Him.

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “of”

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle; the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast.

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

To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal, and compare Me, that we may be like?

לְמִ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

I bring near My righteousness, it shall not be far off, and My salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel My glory.

לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

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

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “<to>”

I was wroth with My people, I profaned Mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand; thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And thou saidst: 'For ever shall I be mistress'; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the end thereof.

לְעוֹלָ֖ם (לְ) le. “for”

Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children';

לָבֶ֔טַח (לָ) la. “to”

But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widow-hood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, for the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.

לָּ֨ךְ (לָּ֨) la “to”

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels; let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.

לֶחֳדָשִׁ֔ים (לֶ) le. “to the”

Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.

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

Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured; they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.

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

Therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I announced it to thee; lest thou shouldest say: 'Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.'

לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to”

They are created now, and not from of old, and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say: 'Behold, I knew them.'

וְלִפְנֵי־ (לִ) li “<to>”

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “to <the>”

For My name's sake will I defer Mine anger, and for My praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

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

For Mine own sake, for Mine own sake, will I do it; for how should it be profaned? And My glory will I not give to another.

לְאַחֵ֥ר (לְ) le. “to”

Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD thy God, who teacheth thee for thy profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

לְהוֹעִ֔יל (לְ) le. “to”

Oh that thou wouldest hearken to My commandments! then would thy peace be as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;

לְמִצְוֹתָ֑י (לְ) le. “to”

Thy seed also would be as the sand, and the offspring of thy body like the grains thereof; his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before Me.

מִלְּפָנָֽי׃ (לְּ) le. “to”