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And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which they have made unclean, will be like the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs perfumes have been burned to all the army of heaven, and drink offerings drained out to

לְכֹ֣ל (לְ) le. “to”לְכֹל֙ (לְ) le. “to”לֵאלֹהִ֥ים (לֵ) le. “to”

Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to give the prophet's word; and he took his place in the open square of the Lord's house, and said to all the people,

לְהִנָּבֵ֑א (לְ) le. “to”

The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send on this town and on all her towns all the evil which I have said; because they made their necks stiff, so that they might not give ear to my words.

לְבִלְתִּ֖י (לְ) le. “to”

For the Lord has said, See, I will make you a cause of fear to yourself and to all your friends: they will come to their death by the sword of their haters, and your eyes will see it: and I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, and h

לְמָג֜וֹר (לְ) le. “into”לְךָ֣ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

And you, Pashhur, and all who are in your house, will go away prisoners: you will come to Babylon, and there your body will be put to rest, you and all your friends, to whom you said false words.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.

לִשְׂחוֹק֙ (לִ) li “<into>”לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “<to> <the>”

For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: because the word of the Lord is made a shame to me and a cause of laughing all the day.

לִ֛י (לִ֛) l “for <the>”לְחֶרְפָּ֥ה (לְ) le. “<into>”וּלְקֶ֖לֶס (לְ) le. “<into>”

For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to <the>”

Make melody to the Lord, give praise to the Lord: for he has made the soul of the poor man free from the hands of the evil-doers.

לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”

A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

Because he did not put me to death before my birth took place: so my mother's body would have been my last resting-place, and she would have been with child for ever.

לִ֤י (לִ֤) l “for <the>”

Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?

לָ֤מָּה (לָ֤) La. “<to>”לִרְא֥וֹת (לִ) li “to”

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

The Lord God of Israel has said, See, I am turning back the instruments of war in your hands, with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and the Chaldaeans, who are outside the walls and shutting you in; and I will get them together inside t

לַֽחוֹמָ֑ה (לַֽ) la. “of the”

And after that, says the Lord, I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his servants and his people, even those in the town who have not come to their end from the disease and the sword and from need of food, into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of

לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”

And to this people you are to say, The Lord has said, See, I put before you the way of life and the way of death.

לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם (לִ) li “<to>”

He who keeps in this town will come to his death by the sword and through need of food and through disease; but he who goes out and gives himself up to the Chaldaeans who are shutting you in, will go on living, and will keep his life safe.

לּ֥וֹ (לּ֥) l “to <the>”לְשָׁלָֽל׃ (לְ) le. “to”

For my face is turned to this town for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire.

לְרָעָ֛ה (לְ) le. “for”לְטוֹבָ֖ה (לְ) le. “for”

About the family of the king of Judah. Give ear to the word of the Lord;

וּלְבֵית֙ (לְ) le. “to”

O family of David, this is what the Lord has said: Do what is right in the morning, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away, or my wrath will go out like fire, burning so that no one may put it out, be

לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ (לַ) la. “to the”

For if you truly do this, then there will come in through the doors of this house kings seated on the seat of David, going in carriages and on horseback, he and his servants and his people

לְדָוִ֜ד (לְ) le. “for”

But if you do not give ear to these words, I give you my oath by myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a waste.

לְחָרְבָּ֥ה (לְ) le. “<into>”

For this is what the Lord has said about the family of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, and the top of Lebanon: but, truly, I will make you waste, with towns unpeopled.

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to <the>”

And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town?

לָעִ֥יר (לָ) la. “to the”

And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.

לֵאלֹהִ֥ים (לֵ) le. “to”