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Its priests have wronged My law, And they pollute My holy things, Between holy and common they have not made separation, And between the unclean and the clean they have not made known, And from my sabbaths they have hidden their eyes, And I am pierced in their midst.

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

Its princes in its midst `are' as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.

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

And its prophets have daubed for them with chalk, Seeing a vain thing, and divining for them a lie, Saying, `Thus said the Lord Jehovah:' And Jehovah hath not spoken.

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

And I seek of them a man making a fence, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land -- not to destroy it, And I have not found.

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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And their names `are' Aholah the elder, And Aholibah her sister, And they are Mine, and bear sons and daughters. As to their names -- Samaria `is' Aholah, And Jerusalem `is' Aholibah.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”

Therefore I have given her into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of sons of Asshur on whom she doted.

לָכֵ֥ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

They have uncovered her nakedness, Her sons and her daughters they have taken, And her by sword they have slain, And she is a name for women, And judgments they have done with her.

לַנָּשִׁ֔ים (לַ) la. “to <the>”

And I see that she hath been defiled, One way `is' to them both.

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

And she doteth on them at the sight of her eyes, And sendeth messengers to them, to Chaldea.

לְמַרְאֵ֣ה (לְ) le. “to”

And come in unto her do sons of Babylon, To the bed of loves, And they defile her with their whoredoms, And she is defiled with them, And her soul is alienated from them.

לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב (לְ) le. “to”

And she multiplieth her whoredoms, To remember the days of her youth, When she went a-whoring in the land of Egypt.

לִזְכֹּר֙ (לִ) li “to”

Therefore, O Aholibah, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am stirring up thy lovers against thee, From whom thy soul hath been alienated, And have brought them in against thee from round about.

לָכֵ֣ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And they have come in against thee, With arms, rider, and wheel, And with an assembly of peoples; Target, and shield, and helmet, They do set against thee round about, And I have set before them judgment, They have judged thee in their Judgments.

לִפְנֵיהֶם֙ (לִ) li “<to>”

To do these things to thee, In thy going a-whoring after nations, Because thou hast been defiled with their idols,

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The cup of thy sister thou dost drink, The deep and the wide one, (Thou art for laughter and for scorn,) Abundant to contain.

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

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten Me, And thou dost cast Me behind thy back, Even thou also bear thy wickedness and thy whoredoms.'

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And Jehovah saith unto me, `Son of man, Dost thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? Declare then to them their abominations.

לָהֶ֔ן (לָ) la. “to”

For they have committed adultery, And blood `is' in their hands, With their idols they committed adultery, And also their sons whom they bore to Me, They caused to pass over to them for food.

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

Again, this they have done to Me, They defiled My sanctuary in that day, And My sabbaths they have polluted.

לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “to”

And in their slaughtering their sons to their idols They also come in unto My sanctuary in that day to pollute it, And lo, thus they have done in the midst of My house,

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

And also that they send to men coming from afar, Unto whom a messenger is sent, And lo, they have come in for whom thou hast washed, Painted thine eyes, and put on adornment.

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

And thou hast sat on a couch of honour, And a table arrayed before it, And My perfume and My oil placed on it.

לְפָנֶ֑יהָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And I say of the worn-out one in adulteries, Now they commit her whoredoms -- she also!

לַבָּלָ֖ה (לַ) la. “of the”

For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Bring up against them an assembly, And give them to trembling and to spoiling.

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