H9005–/ל–l

And have spread them to sun, and to moon, And to all the host of the heavens, that they have loved, And that they have served, And that they have walked after, And that they have sought, And to which they have bowed themselves, They are not gathered, nor buried, They are for dung on the face of the ground.

לַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַיָּרֵ֜חַ (לַ) lai. “to the”וּלְכֹ֣ל׀ (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְדֹ֛מֶן (לְ) le. “<into>”

And chosen is death rather than life By all the remnant who are left of this evil family, In all the remaining places, whither I have driven them, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

לְכֹ֗ל (לְ) le. “by”

Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back -- a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.

לָשֽׁוּב׃ (לָ) la. “to”

I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing into battle.

לֵאמֹ֖ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

לַשֶּׁ֣קֶר (לַ) la. “into <the>”

Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what -- have they?

לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “[belongs] to <the>”

Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.

לָכֵן֩ (לָ) la. “<to>”לַאֲחֵרִ֗ים (לַ) la. “to”לְי֣וֹרְשִׁ֔ים (לְ) le. “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, And blushing they have not known, Therefore, they do fall among falling ones, In the time of their inspection they stumble, said Jehovah.

לָכֵ֞ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

I utterly consume them, an affirmation of Jehovah, There are no grapes in the vine, Yea, there are no figs in the fig-tree, And the leaf hath faded, And the strength they have passeth from them.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

לַיהוָֽה׃ (לַ) la. “to”

Looking for peace -- and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.

לְשָׁל֖וֹם (לְ) le. “for”לְעֵ֥ת (לְ) le. “for”

For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

לֶאֱמוּנָ֖ה (לֶ) le. “to”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And the cities of Judah I make a desolation, Without inhabitant.

לְגַלִּ֖ים (לְ) le. “into”

And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it,

לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם (לִ) li “<to>”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing them -- this people -- to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come,

לַמְקוֹנְנ֖וֹת (לַ) la “<to> the”

For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.

לְהַכְרִ֤ית (לְ) le. “to”

Who doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.

לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “for <the>”

Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.

לְה֔וֹם (לְ) le. “to <the>”

At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters `is' in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.

לְק֨וֹל (לְ) le. “to”לַמָּטָר֙ (לַ) la. “for the”

For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

Wo to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this `is' my sickness, and I bear it.

לִי֙ (לִ) l “to <the>”