H9005–/ל–l

The Lord has sent out word to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your saviour comes; those whom he has made free are with him, and those to whom he has given salvation go before him.

לְבַת־ (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “[is] <to>”

And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “<to>”וְלָךְ֙ (לָ) lo “to”

Who is this who comes from Edom, with blood-red robes from Bozrah? he whose clothing is fair, stepping with pride in his great strength? I whose glory is in the right, strong for salvation.

לְהוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Why is your clothing red, and why are your robes like those of one who is crushing the grapes?

לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ (לִ) li “[belong] to”

I have been crushing the grapes by myself, and of the peoples there was no man with me: in my wrath and in my passion, they were crushed under my feet; and my robes are marked with their life-blood, and all my clothing is red.

לְבַדִּ֗י (לְ) le. “to”

And I saw that there was no helper, and I was wondering that no one gave them support: so my arm did the work of salvation, and my wrath was my support.

לִי֙ (לִ) l “to”

And in my passion the peoples were crushed under my feet, and broken in my wrath, and I put down their strength to the earth.

לָאָ֖רֶץ (לָ) la. “to the”

I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.

לְבֵ֣ית (לְ) le. “to”

For he said, Truly they are my people, children who will not be false: so he was their saviour out of all their trouble.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “of”לְמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ (לְ) le. “<into>”

It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “[belonged] to”

But they went against him, causing grief to his holy spirit: so he was turned against them, and made war on them.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “of”לְאוֹיֵ֖ב (לְ) le. “into”

He who made the arm of his glory go at the right hand of Moses, by whom the waters were parted before them, to make himself an eternal name;

לִימִ֣ין (לִ) li. “to”לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “for <the>”

Like the cattle which go down into the valley, they went without falling, the spirit of the Lord guiding them: so you went before your people, to make yourself a great name.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “for <the>”

O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.

לָ֣מָּה (לָ֣) La. “<to>”

Why have evil men gone over your holy place, so that it has been crushed under the feet of our haters?

לַמִּצְעָ֕ר (לַ) la. “for <the>”

O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you, As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nation

לְהוֹדִ֥יעַ (לְ) le. “to”לְצָרֶ֑יךָ (לְ) le. “to”

The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.

לִמְחַכֵּה־ (לִ) li “for”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “for <the>”

And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.

לְהַחֲזִ֣יק (לְ) le. “to”

Be not very angry, O Lord, and do not keep our sins in mind for ever: give ear to our prayer, for we are all your people.

לָעַ֖ד (לָ) la. “for”

Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.

לִשְׂרֵ֣פַת (לִ) li “<into>”לְחָרְבָּֽה׃ (לְ) le. “<into>”

I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

לְל֣וֹא (לְ) le. “by”לְלֹ֣א (לְ) le. “by”

See, it is recorded before me, says the Lord: I will not keep back my hand, till I have sent punishment,

לְפָנָ֑י (לְ) le. “<to>”

This is the word of the Lord: As the new wine is seen in the grapes, and they say, Do not send destruction on it, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants, in order that I may not put an end to them all.

לְבִלְתִּ֖י (לְ) le. “to”

And Sharon will be a grass-land for the flocks, and the valley of Achor a resting-place for the herds: for my people whose hearts have been turned back to me.

לִנְוֵה־ (לִ) li “<into>”לְרֵ֣בֶץ (לְ) le. “<into>”לְעַמִּ֖י (לְ) le. “for”

But as for you who have given up the Lord, who have no care for my holy mountain, who get ready a table for Chance, and make offerings of mixed wine to Fate;

לַגַּד֙ (לַ) la. “for <the>”לַמְנִ֥י (לַ) la “for <the>”