H9005–/ל–l

Her priests have been acting violently against my law; they have made my holy things unclean: they have made no division between what is holy and what is common, and they have not made it clear that the unclean is different from the clean, and their eyes

לְחֹל֙ (לְ) le. “and”לְטָה֖וֹר (לְ) le. “and”

Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.

לִשְׁפָּךְ־ (לִ) li “to”לְאַבֵּ֣ד (לְ) le. “to”

And her prophets have been using whitewash, seeing foolish visions and making false use of secret arts, saying, This is what the Lord has said, when the Lord has said nothing.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for”

And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.

לְפָנַ֛י (לְ) le. “<to>”לְבִלְתִּ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Their names were Oholah, the older, and Oholibah, her sister: and they became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem, Oholibah.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”

For this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed.

לָכֵ֥ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.

לַנָּשִׁ֔ים (לַ) la. “to <the>”

And I saw that she had become unclean; the two of them went the same way.

לִשְׁתֵּיהֶֽן׃ (לִ) li “[belonged] to”

And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.

לְמַרְאֵ֣ה (לְ) le. “to”

And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.

לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב (לְ) le. “to”

But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt.

לִזְכֹּר֙ (לִ) li “to”

For this cause, O Oholibah, this is what the Lord has said: See, I will make your lovers come up against you, even those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust; and I will make them come up against you on every side;

לָכֵ֣ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And they will come against you from the north on horseback, with war-carriages and a great band of peoples; they will put themselves in order against you with breastplate and body-cover and metal head-dress round about you: and I will make them your judg

לִפְנֵיהֶם֙ (לִ) li “<to>”

They will do these things to you because you have been untrue to me, and have gone after the nations, and have become unclean with their images.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”

This is what the Lord has said: You will take a drink from your sister's cup, which is deep and wide: you will be laughed at and looked down on, more than you are able to undergo.

לִצְחֹ֛ק (לִ) li “<into>”וּלְלַ֖עַג (לְ) le. “<into>”לְהָכִֽיל׃ (לְ) le. “to”

So this is what the Lord has said: Because you have not kept me in your memory, and because your back has been turned to me, you will even undergo the punishment of your evil designs and your loose ways.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

Then the Lord said to me: Son of man, will you be the judge of Oholibah? then make clear to her the disgusting things she has done.

לָהֶ֔ן (לָ) la. “to”

For she has been false to me, and blood is on her hands, and with her images she has been untrue; and more than this, she made her sons, whom she had by me, go through the fire to them to be burned up.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”לְאָכְלָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Further, this is what she has done to me: she has made my holy place unclean and has made my Sabbaths unclean.

לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “to”

For when she had made an offering of her children to her images, she came into my holy place to make it unclean; see, this is what she has done inside my house.

לְגִלּ֣וּלֵיהֶ֔ם (לְ) le. “to”לְחַלְּל֑וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

And she even sent for men to come from far away, to whom a servant was sent, and they came: for whom she was washing her body and painting her eyes and making herself fair with ornaments.

לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים (לַֽ) la. “for”לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (לַ) la. “for”

And she took her seat on a great bed, with a table put ready before it on which she put my perfume and my oil.

לְפָנֶ֑יהָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Then I said ... now she will go on with her loose ways.

לַבָּלָ֖ה (לַ) la. “of the”

For this is what the Lord has said: I will make a great meeting of the people come together against her, and will send on her shaking fear and take everything from her.

לְזַעֲוָ֥ה (לְ) le. “to”וְלָבַֽז׃ (לָ) la. “to”