H9005–/ל–l

Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.

לָֽהּ׃ (לָֽ) La “<to> <the>”

And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.

לָכֵ֥ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לַשֶּׁ֖קֶר (לַ) la. “to <the>”

O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.

לֶאֱמוּנָה֒ (לֶ) le. “to”לָשֽׁוּב׃ (לָ) la. “to”

I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands.

לִּ֤י (לִּ֤) l “for <the>”

How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of lo

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

Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.

לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “[belong] to”

And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.

לְר֔וּחַ (לְ) le. “<into>”לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, has said: Because you have said this, I will make my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and they will be burned up by it.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לְאֵ֗שׁ (לְ) le. “into”

And it will come about, when you say, Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that you will say to them, As you gave me up, making yourselves servants to strange gods in your land, so will you be servants to strange men in a land which is n

לָ֖נוּ (לָ֖) La. “to <the>”לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “[belongs] to <the>”

Say this openly in Jacob and give it out in Judah, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “[belong] to <the>”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “[belong] to <the>”

Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though

לַיָּ֔ם (לַ) la “for the”

But the heart of this people is uncontrolled and turned away from me; they are broken loose and gone.

וְלָעָ֤ם (לָ) la. “to the”

And they do not say in their hearts, Now let us give worship to our God, who gives the rain, the winter and the spring rain, at the right time; who keeps for us the ordered weeks of the grain-cutting.

לָֽנוּ׃ (לָֽ) La. “for <the>”

The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?

לְאַחֲרִיתָֽהּ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.

לָ֙נוּ֙ (לָ֙) la. “to <the>”

To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

לְהַקְשִׁ֑יב (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”לְחֶרְפָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “<into>”

And their houses will be handed over to others, their fields and their wives together: for my hand will be stretched out against the people of the land, says the Lord.

לַאֲחֵרִ֔ים (לַ) la. “to”

And they have made little of the wounds of my people, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

לֵאמֹ֖ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord.

לָכֵ֞ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.

לִנְתִב֣וֹת (לִ) li “of”לְנַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם (לְ) le. “for”

And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.

לְק֣וֹל (לְ) le. “to”

So then, give ear, you nations, and ...

לָכֵ֖ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me.

לָמָּה־ (לָ) la. “<to>”לִ֤י (לִ֤) l “to <the>”לְרָצ֔וֹן (לְ) le. “[are] for”לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “to <the>”

For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will put stones in the way of this people: and the fathers and the sons together will go falling over them; the neighbour and his friend will come to destruction.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”