H9005–/ל–l

Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in mortar in the brick work, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

לְעֵינֵ֖י (לְ) le. “to”

and tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

לָאֲבָנִ֥ים (לָ) la. “<to> the”

He shall come, and shall strike the land of Egypt; such as are for death [ergänzt: shall be given] to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword.

לַמָּ֣וֶת (לַ) la. “[are] for <the>”לַמָּ֗וֶת (לַ) la. “to <the>”לַשְּׁבִי֙ (לַ) la. “[are] for <the>”לַשֶּׁ֔בִי (לַ) la. “to <the>”לַחֶ֖רֶב (לַ) la. “[are] for the”לֶחָֽרֶב׃ (לֶ) le. “to the”

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, [ergänzt: and] to serve other gods, that they didn't know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.

לְהַכְעִסֵ֔נִי (לְ) le. “to”לָלֶ֣כֶת (לָ) la. “by”לְקַטֵּ֔ר (לְ) le. “to”לַעֲבֹ֖ד (לַ) la. “to”לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (לֵ) le. “<to>”

However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, don't do this abominable thing that I hate.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

But they didn't listen, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

לָשׁ֖וּב (לָ) la. “to”לְבִלְתִּ֥י (לְ) le. “to”לֵאלֹהִ֥ים (לֵ) le. “to”

Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.

לְחָרְבָּ֥ה (לְ) le. “<into>”לִשְׁמָמָ֖ה (לִ) li “<into>”

Therefore now thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why commit you [ergänzt: this] great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;

לָמָה֩ (לָ) la. “<to>”לְהַכְרִ֨ית (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶ֧ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְבִלְתִּ֛י (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are gone to sojourn; that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

לְהַכְעִסֵ֙נִי֙ (לְ) le. “by”לְקַטֵּ֞ר (לְ) le. “by”לֵאלֹהִ֤ים (לֵ) le. “to”לָג֣וּר (לָ) la. “to”לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לִקְלָלָ֣ה (לִ) li “<into>”וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה (לְ) le. “<into>”

They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם (לִ) li “<to>”וְלִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לְרָעָ֑ה (לְ) le. “for”וּלְהַכְרִ֖ית (לְ) le. “to”

I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an object of horror, [ergänzt: and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”לָג֣וּר (לָ) la. “to”לְאָלָ֣ה (לְ) le. “<into>”לְשַׁמָּ֔ה (לְ) le. “<into>”וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה (לִ) li “<into>”וּלְחֶרְפָּֽה׃ (לְ) le. “<into>”

so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return save such as shall escape.

לִשְׁאֵרִ֣ית (לִ) li “to”לָגֽוּר־ (לָ) la. “to”וְלָשׁ֣וּב׀ (לָ) la. “to”לָשׁוּב֙ (לָ) la. “to”לָשֶׁ֣בֶת (לָ) la. “to”

Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (לֵ) le. “to”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.

לְקַטֵּ֞ר (לְ) le. “to”לִמְלֶ֣כֶת (לִ) li “to”לָ֣הּ (לָ֣) la “to <the>”

But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

לְקַטֵּ֨ר (לְ) le. “to”לִמְלֶ֧כֶת (לִ) li “to”לָ֥הּ (לָ֥) la “to <the>”

When we burned incense to the queen of the sky, and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?

לִמְלֶ֣כֶת (לִ) li “to”וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ (לְ) le. “to”לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “to <the>”לָ֤הּ (לָ֤) la “for <the>”לְהַ֣עֲצִבָ֔ה (לְ) le. “to”לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “to <the>”

Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people who had given him who answer, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

so that Yahweh could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

לָשֵׂ֗את (לָ) la. “to”לְחָרְבָּ֨ה (לְ) le. “<into>”וּלְשַׁמָּ֧ה (לְ) le. “<into>”וְלִקְלָלָ֛ה (לִ) li “<into>”

Because you have burned incense, and because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened to you, as it is this day.

לַיהוָ֗ה (לַ) la. “to”

Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying, You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְקַטֵּר֙ (לְ) le. “to”לִמְלֶ֣כֶת (לִ) li “to”וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ (לְ) le. “to”לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “to <the>”

Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says Yahweh, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Yahweh lives.

לָכֵן֙ (לָ) la. “<to>”

Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

לְרָעָ֖ה (לְ) le. “for”לְטוֹבָ֑ה (לְ) le. “for”

Those who escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.

לְאֶֽרֶץ־ (לְ) le. “to”לָג֣וּר (לָ) la. “to”