H9005–/ל–l

The burden of Yahweh shall you mention no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Hosts our God.

לְאִ֣ישׁ (לְ) le. “for”

But if you say, The burden of Yahweh; therefore thus says Yahweh: Because you say this word, The burden of Yahweh, and I have sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of Yahweh;

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence:

לָכֵ֣ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לָכֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to”וְלַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (לַ) la. “to”

Yahweh shown me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Yahweh, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.

לְטוֹבָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “for”

For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

לְטוֹבָ֔ה (לְ) le. “for”

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

לָהֶ֨ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לָדַ֣עַת (לָ) la. “to”לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “for <the>”לְעָ֔ם (לְ) le. “<into>”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”לֵאלֹהִ֑ים (לֵ) le. “<into>”

I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.

לְזַעֲוָ֣ה (לְ) li “into”לְרָעָ֔ה (לְ) le. “into”לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”לְחֶרְפָּ֤ה (לְ) le. “into”וּלְמָשָׁל֙ (לְ) le. “into”לִשְׁנִינָ֣ה (לִ) li “into”וְלִקְלָלָ֔ה (לִ) li “into”

I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”וְלַאֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (לַ) la. “to”

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),

לִיהוֹיָקִ֥ים (לִ) li. “of”לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖ר (לִ) li “of”

which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.

לְיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ (לְ) le. “of”

Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear),

לִשְׁמֹֽעַ׃ (לִ) li “to”

saying, Return you now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forevermore;

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”וְלַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (לַ) la. “to”לְמִן־ (לְ) le. “<to>”

and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.

לְעָבְדָ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣ת (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

Yet you have not listened to me, says Yahweh; that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.

לְרַ֥ע (לְ) le. “for”לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “of”

Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Because you have not heard my words,

לָכֵ֕ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Yahweh, and [ergänzt: I will send] to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

לְשַׁמָּ֣ה (לְ) le. “into”וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֔ה (לִ) li “into”וּלְחָרְב֖וֹת (לְ) le. “into”

This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

לְחָרְבָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “<into>”לְשַׁמָּ֑ה (לְ) le. “<into>”

It shall happen, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, says Yahweh, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate forever.

לְשִֽׁמְמ֥וֹת (לְ) le. “into”

For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

[ergänzt: to wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings of it, and the princes of it, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

לָתֵ֨ת (לָ) la. “to”לְחָרְבָּ֧ה (לְ) le. “into”לְשַׁמָּ֛ה (לְ) le. “into”לִשְׁרֵקָ֥ה (לִ) li “into”וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה (לִ) li “into”

It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then shall you tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: You shall surely drink.

לָקַֽחַת־ (לָ) la. “to”לִשְׁתּ֑וֹת (לִ) li “to”

For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Hosts.

לְהָרַ֔ע (לְ) le. “to”