H9005–/ל–l

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of it, saying:

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

you shall die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they make a burning for you; and they shall lament you, [ergänzt: saying], Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word, says Yahweh.

לְפָנֶ֗יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “for <the>”לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “for <the>”

The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;

לִקְרֹ֥א (לִ) li “to”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, [ergänzt: to wit], of a Jew his brother.

לְ֠שַׁלַּח (לְ֠) Le. “to”לְבִלְתִּ֧י (לְ) le. “to”

All the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his man-servant, and everyone his maid-servant, go free, that none should make bondservants of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:

לְ֠שַׁלַּח (לְ֠) Le. “to”לְבִלְתִּ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

לַעֲבָדִ֖ים (לַ) la. “for”וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ (לִ) li “for”

Therefore the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers didn't listen to me, neither inclined their ear.

לְךָ֗ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

You were now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

לִקְרֹ֥א (לִ) li “by”לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנַ֔י (לְ) le. “<to>”

but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.

לְנַפְשָׁ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”לִֽהְי֣וֹת (לִֽ) li “to”לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “of”לַעֲבָדִ֖ים (לַ) la. “<into>”וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ (לִ) li “<into>”

Therefore thus says Yahweh: you have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Yahweh, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.

לָכֵן֮ (לָ) la. “<to>”לִקְרֹ֣א (לִ) li “by”לְאָחִ֖יו (לְ) le. “to”לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶ֨ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְזַעֲוָ֔ה (לְ) li “into”לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between the parts of it;

לְפָנָ֑י (לְ) le. “<to>”לִשְׁנַ֔יִם (לִ) li “into”

I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth.

לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל (לְ) le. “<into>”לְע֥וֹף (לְ) le. “for”וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת (לְ) le. “for”

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

and I brought them into the house of Yahweh, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.

לְלִשְׁכַּ֛ת (לְ) le. “<to>”

I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, Drink you wine.

לִפְנֵ֣י׀ (לִ) li “<to>”

But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever:

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.

לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;

לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”לְבִלְתִּ֤י (לְ) le. “to”

nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י (לְ) le. “to”לְשִׁבְתֵּ֑נוּ (לְ) le. “to”לָּֽנוּ׃ (לָּֽ) La. “to <the>”

Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to listen to my words? says Yahweh.

לְאִ֣ישׁ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבֵ֖י (לְ) le. “to”לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ (לִ) li “to”

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment: but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; and you have not listened to me.

לְבִלְתִּ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return you now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.

לֵאמֹ֡ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְעָבְדָ֔ם (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”וְלַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם (לַ) la. “to”