H9005–/ל–l

Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness -- Then am I propitious to her.

לָֽהּ׃ (לָֽ) La “<to> <the>”

And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.

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

Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.

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

I get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.' Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away the bands.

לִּ֤י (לִּ֤) l “for <the>”

For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.

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

Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they `are' not Jehovah's,

לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “[belong] to”

And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' -- thus it is done by them.

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

Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, Because of your speaking this word, Lo, I am making My words in thy mouth become fire, And this people wood, and it hath devoured them.

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

And it hath come to pass, when ye say, `For what hath Jehovah our God done to us all these?' That thou hast said unto them, `As ye have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So do ye serve strangers in a land not yours.

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

Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And sound ye it in Judah, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.

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

Me do ye not fear, an affirmation of Jehovah? From My presence are ye not pained? Who hath made sand the border of the sea, A limit age-during, and it passeth not over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Yea, sounded have its billows, and they pass not over.

לַיָּ֔ם (לַ) la “for the”

And this people hath an apostate and rebellious heart, They have turned aside, and they go on.

וְלָעָ֤ם (לָ) la. “to the”

And they have not said in their heart, `Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.'

לָֽנוּ׃ (לָֽ) La. “for <the>”

The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved `it' so, And what do they at its latter end?

לְאַחֲרִיתָֽהּ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Wo to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,

לָ֙נוּ֙ (לָ֙) la. “to <the>”

To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear `is' uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.

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

And their houses have been turned to others, Fields and wives together, For I stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah.

לַאֲחֵרִ֔ים (לַ) la. “to”

And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.

לֵאמֹ֖ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Yea, blushing they have not known, Therefore they do fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble, said Jehovah.

לָכֵ֞ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where `is' this -- the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.'

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

And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'

לְק֣וֹל (לְ) le. “to”

Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which `is' upon them.

לָכֵ֖ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

Why `is' this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings `are' not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.

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

Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I do give to this people stumbling blocks, And stumbled against them have fathers and sons together, The neighbour and his friend do perish.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”