H9005–/ל–l

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you to me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which hath come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

לְדָרְשֵׁ֑נִי (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְעֶזְרָ֔ה (לְ) le. “to”לְאַרְצ֖וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans will surely depart from us: for they will not depart.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

לָלֶ֖כֶת (לָ) la. “to”לַחֲלִ֥ק (לַ) la. “to”

And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and beat him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “into”

Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, In what have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

לְךָ֤ (לְ) le. “to”וְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ (לַ) la. “to”וְלָעָ֣ם (לָ) la. “to the”

Where are now your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the baker's street, until all the bread in the city should be consumed. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

ל֨וֹ (ל֨) l “to <the>”לַיּוֹם֙ (לַ) la “to the”

Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

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

Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

לְדַבֵּ֣ר (לְ) le. “by”לְשָׁל֛וֹם (לְ) le. “for”לָעָ֥ם (לָ) la. “for the”לְרָעָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “for”

Ebed-melech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die by hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

לְיִרְמְיָ֣הוּ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dieth.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And Ebed-melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and decayed rags under thy arm-holes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

לַחֲבָלִ֑ים (לַ) la. “to”

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken to me?

לְךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָ֨נוּ (לָ֨) La. “for <the>”

But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak to thee: so it shall be well to thee, and thy soul shall live.

לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (לַ) la. “to”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “for <the>”

But if thou shalt refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me:

לָצֵ֑את (לָ) la. “to”

And behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come to thee, and say to thee, Declare to us now what thou hast said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said to thee:

לָ֜נוּ (לָ֜) La. “to <the>”

Then thou shalt say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְבִלְתִּ֧י (לְ) le. “to”לָמ֥וּת (לָ) la. “to”

Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

לְצִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ (לְ) le. “of”