H9005–/ל–l

Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

לֵאמֽוֹר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לָכֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

לִנְת֥וֹשׁ (לִ) li “to”וְלִנְת֖וֹץ (לִ) li “to”וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד׃ (לְ) le. “to”

if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

לִבְנֹ֖ת (לִ) li “to”וְלִנְטֹֽעַ׃ (לִ) li “to”

if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

לְבִלְתִּ֖י (לְ) le. “to”לְהֵיטִ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”

Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [ergänzt: gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;

לַשָּׁ֣וְא (לַ) la. “to <the>”לָלֶ֣כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

לָשׂ֥וּם (לָ) la. “to”לְשַׁמָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “into”

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

לְק֥וֹל (לְ) le. “to”

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

לְנַפְשִׁ֑י (לְ) le. “for”לְפָנֶ֗יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְדַבֵּ֤ר (לְ) le. “to”לְהָשִׁ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [ergänzt: and] their young men smitten of the sword in battle.

לָכֵן֩ (לָ) la. “<to>”לָרָעָ֗ב (לָ) la. “to <the>”

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי (לְ) le. “to”לְרַגְלָֽי׃ (לְ) le. “for”

Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.

לַמָּ֔וֶת (לַ) la. “for <the>”מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ (לְּ) le. “to”לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (לֵ) le. “to”

and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal; which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

לִשְׂרֹ֧ף (לִ) li “to”לַבָּ֑עַל (לַ) la. “to <the>”

therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.

לָכֵ֞ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לַמָּק֨וֹם (לַ) la. “to the”

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל (לְ) le. “to”לְע֥וֹף (לְ) le. “to”וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת (לְ) le. “to”

And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

לְשַׁמָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “into”וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֑ה (לִ) li “into”

And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall distress them.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”

Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

לְעֵינֵי֙ (לְ) le. “to”

and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.

לְהֵרָפֵ֖ה (לְ) le. “to”לִקְבּֽוֹר׃ (לִ) li “to”

Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:

לַמָּק֥וֹם (לַ) la. “to the”וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבָ֑יו (לְ) le. “to”וְלָתֵ֛ת (לָ) la. “to”