H9005–/ל–l

And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

לֵאמֽוֹר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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, house of Israel.

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

At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy,

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

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

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

And at the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant,

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

if it do evil in my sight, that it hearken not unto my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them.

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

And now, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I prepare evil against you, and devise a device against you: turn ye then 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 hath forgotten me: they burn incense to vanity; and they have caused them to stumble in their ways, the ancient paths, to walk in by-paths of a way not cast up;

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

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

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

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

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

Jehovah, give heed to me, and listen to the voice of those 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 give up their children to the famine, and deliver them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of children and be widows; and let their men be swept off by death, their young men be smitten by 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 have hidden snares for my feet.

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

And thou, Jehovah, 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 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 [ergänzt: from me], and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (לֵ) le. “to”

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

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

therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor 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 carcases will I give as food to the fowl of the heavens and to 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 by 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 everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the straitness wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”

And thou shalt break the flagon 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, and make this city as Topheth.

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