H9005–/ל–l

And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying:

לֵאמֽוֹר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So `are' ye in My hand, O house of Israel.

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

The moment 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”

And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it.

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

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

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

And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.

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

And now, speak, I pray thee, unto men of Judah, And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, Saying: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am framing against you evil, And devising against you a device, Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way And amen your ways and your doings.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Ask, I pray you, among the nations, Who hath heard like these? A very horrible thing hath the virgin of Israel done.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

But My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble in their ways -- paths of old, To walk in paths -- a way not raised up,

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

To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head.

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

As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.

לְק֥וֹל (לְ) le. “to”

Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.

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

Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,

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

A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.

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

And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me `is' for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!

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

because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place `with' innocent blood,

לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (לֵ) le. “to”

and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.

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

`Therefore, lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and this place is not called any more, Tophet, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but, Valley of slaughter.

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

And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

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

and I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, every passer by it is astonished, and doth hiss for all its plagues.

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

And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”

`And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee,

לְעֵינֵי֙ (לְ) le. “to”

and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury -- without place to bury;

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

so I do to this place -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;

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