H9005–/ל–l

Because with lies ye have cowed the heart of the righteous, when I have not grieved him; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, that he be saved alive;

וּלְחַזֵּק֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְבִלְתִּי־ (לְ) le. “to”לְהַחֲיֹתֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

therefore ye shall no more see vanity, nor divine divinations; and I will deliver My people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.'

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

לְפָנָֽי׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

'Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their mind, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face; should I be inquired of at all by them?

לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “by”

Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his mind, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet--I the LORD will answ

לָכֵ֣ן (לָ) la. “<to>”ל֦וֹ (ל֦) l “to”

Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

לָכֵ֞ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that separateth himself from Me, and taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet, that he inq

לִדְרָשׁ־ (לִ) li “to”ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”לּ֖וֹ (לּ֖) l “to <the>”

and I will set My face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

לְא֣וֹת (לְ) le. “into”וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔ים (לִ) li “into”

that the house of Israel may go no more astray from Me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be My people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.'

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “for”לְעָ֗ם (לְ) le. “<into>”לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים (לֵֽ) le. “<into>”

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

'Son of man, when a land sinneth against Me by trespassing grievously, and I stretch out My hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast;

לִי֙ (לִ) l “to”לִמְעָל־ (לִ) li “by”לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “of”

though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

לְבַדָּם֙ (לְ) le. “to”

though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

לְבַדָּ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”

Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out My fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;

לְהַכְרִ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”

For thus saith the Lord GOD: How much more when I send My four sore judgments against Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast.

לְהַכְרִ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לִמְלָאכָ֑ה (לִ) li “into”לִתְל֥וֹת (לִ) li “to”

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is singed; is it profitable for any work?

לָאֵ֖שׁ (לָ) la. “to the”לְאָכְלָ֑ה (לְ) le. “for”לִמְלָאכָֽה׃ (לִ) li “for”

Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work; how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is singed, shall it yet be meet for any work?

לִמְלָאכָ֑ה (לִ) li “into”לִמְלָאכָֽה׃ (לִ) li “into”

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so do I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לָאֵ֖שׁ (לָ) la. “to the”לְאָכְלָ֑ה (לְ) le. “for”

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem: Thine origin and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite.

לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (לִ) li. “to”

And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water for cleansing; thou was not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

לְמִשְׁעִ֑י (לְ) le. “for”

No eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field in the loathsomeness of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לָ֛ךְ (לָ֛) la “for”לְחֻמְלָ֣ה (לְ) le. “for”