H9005–/ל–l

Say to your brothers, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם (לַ) la. “to”וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (לַ) la. “to”

For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.

לָכֵ֛ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And if she goes after her lovers she will not overtake them; if she makes search for them she will not see them; then will she say, I will go back to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.

לִ֛י (לִ֛) l “for”

For she had no knowledge that it was I who gave her the grain and the wine and the oil, increasing her silver and gold which they gave to the Baal.

לָ֔הּ (לָ֔) La “to”לָ֛הּ (לָ֛) la “to”לַבָּֽעַל׃ (לַ) la. “into <the>”

So I will take away again my grain in its time and my wine, and I will take away my wool and my linen with which her body might have been covered.

לָכֵ֣ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לְכַסּ֖וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

And now I will make her shame clear before the eyes of her lovers, and no one will take her out of my hand.

לְעֵינֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

And I will make waste her vines and her fig-trees, of which she has said, These are the payments which my lovers have made to me; and I will make them a waste of trees, and the beasts of the field will take them for food.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “of”לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to”לְיַ֔עַר (לְ) le. “into”

And I will give her punishment for the days of the Baals, to whom she has been burning perfumes, when she made herself fair with her nose-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, giving no thought to me, says the Lord.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”

For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And I will give her vine-gardens from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will give her answer there as in the days when she was young, and as in the time when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

לָ֤הּ (לָ֤) la “to”לְפֶ֣תַח (לְ) le. “to”

And in that day, says the Lord, you will say to me, Ishi; and you will never again give me the name of Baali;

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “<to>”

And in that day I will make an agreement for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven and the things which go low on the earth; I will put an end to the bow and the sword and war in all the land, and will make them take their rest in pea

לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “to”לָבֶֽטַח׃ (לָ) la. “to”

And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies.

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to”לְעוֹלָ֑ם (לְ) le. “for”לִי֙ (לִ) l “to”

I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord.

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to”

And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.

לִּי֙ (לִּ) l “for”לְלֹֽא־ (לְ) le. “to”

So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;

לִּ֔י (לִּ֔) L “for”

And I said to her, You are to be mine for a long space of time; you are not to be false to me, and no other man is to have you for his wife; and so will I be to you.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”לְאִ֑ישׁ (לְ) le. “to”

Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.

לַֽיהוָה֙ (לַֽ) la. “[belongs] to”

Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my m

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “<to>”

Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame.

לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “to”

And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to”

They will have food, but they will not be full; they will be false to me, but they will not be increased, because they no longer give thought to the Lord.

לִשְׁמֹֽר׃ (לִ) li “to”

My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God.

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to”

Ephraim is joined to false gods; let him be.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “<to>”

Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “[belongs] to”לְמִצְפָּ֔ה (לְ) le. “to”