H9005–/ל–l

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

לֵאמֽוֹר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is 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 pull down, and to destroy it;

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

If that nation against which I have pronounced, shall turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to 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 it shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.

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

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

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

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

To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and wag 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 LORD, 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 that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and 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 their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain 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 hid snares for my feet.

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

Yet, LORD, 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 thus with them in the time of thy 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 to 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”

They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt-offerings to Baal, which I commanded not, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:

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

Therefore behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, 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 hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcasses will I give to be food for the fowls of the heaven, 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 desolate, and a hissing; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

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 distress with which their enemies, and they that seek their lives, 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 to them, Thus saith the LORD 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 them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

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

Thus will I do to this place, saith the LORD, and to its inhabitants, and even make this city as Tophet:

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