H9005–/ל–l

And they went and were living in the resting-place of Chimham, which is near Beth-lehem on the way into Egypt,

לָלֶ֖כֶת (לָ) la. “to”לָב֥וֹא (לָ) la. “to”

And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let our request come before you, and make prayer for us to the Lord your God, even for this small band of us; for we are only a small band out of what was a great number, as your eyes may see:

לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

That the Lord your God may make clear to us the way in which we are to go and what we are to do.

לָ֙נוּ֙ (לָ֙) la. “to <the>”

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have given ear to you; see, I will make prayer to the Lord your God, as you have said; and it will be that, whatever the Lord may say in answer to you, I will give you word of it, keeping nothing back.

לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us.

לְעֵ֖ד (לְ) le. “<into>”

If it is good or if it is evil, we will be guided by the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you; so that it may be well for us when we give ear to the voice of the Lord our God.

לָ֔נוּ (לָ֔) La. “for <the>”

And he sent for Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were still with him, and all the people, from the least to the greatest,

וּלְכָ֨ל־ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְמִקָּטֹ֥ן (לְ) le. “<to>”

And said to them, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to put your request before him:

לְהַפִּ֥יל (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

If you still go on living in the land, then I will go on building you up and not pulling you down, planting you and not uprooting you: for my purpose of doing evil to you has been changed.

לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

Have no fear of the king of Babylon, of whom you are now in fear; have no fear of him, says the Lord: for I am with you to keep you safe and to give you salvation from his hands.

לְהוֹשִׁ֧יעַ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְהַצִּ֥יל (לְ) le. “to”

And I will have mercy on you, so that he may have mercy on you and let you go back to your land.

לָכֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,

לְבִלְתִּ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

Saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, or be hearing the sound of the horn, or be in need of food; there we will make our living-place;

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”וְלַלֶּ֥חֶם (לַ) la. “for <the>”

Then give ear now to the word of the Lord, O you last of Judah: the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, If your minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there;

לָכֵ֛ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לָבֹ֣א (לָ) la. “to”לָג֥וּר (לָ) la. “to”

Such will be the fate of all the men whose minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there; they will come to their end by the sword, by being short of food, and by disease: not one of them will keep his life or get away from the evil which I will

לָב֤וֹא (לָ) la. “to”לָג֣וּר (לָ) la. “to”לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: As my wrath and passion have been let loose on the people of Jerusalem, so will my passion be let loose on you when you go into Egypt: and you will become an oath and a cause of wonder and

לְאָלָ֤ה (לְ) le. “<into>”וּלְשַׁמָּה֙ (לְ) le. “<into>”וְלִקְלָלָ֣ה (לִ) li “<into>”וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה (לְ) le. “<into>”

For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָ֖נוּ (לָ֖) La. “to <the>”

And this day I have made it clear to you, and you have not given ear to the voice of the Lord your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”וּלְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

And now be certain that you will come to your end by the sword and by being short of food and by disease, in the place to which you are pleased to go for a living-place.

לָב֖וֹא (לָ) la. “to”לָג֥וּר (לָ) la. “to”

And it came about that when Jeremiah had come to the end of giving all the people the words of the Lord their God, which the Lord their God had sent him to say to them, even all these words,

לְדַבֵּ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”

Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place ther

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

But Baruch, the son of Neriah, is moving you against us, to give us up into the hands of the Chaldaeans so that they may put us to death, and take us away prisoners into Babylon.

לְהָמִ֣ית (לְ) le. “to”וּלְהַגְל֥וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

So Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, did not give ear to the order of the Lord that they were to go on living in the land of Judah.

לָשֶׁ֖בֶת (לָ) la. “to”

But Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces took all the rest of Judah who had come back into the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been forced to go;

לָג֖וּר (לָ) la. “to”

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”