H9005–/ל–l

Say unto your brethren Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

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

Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence [ergänzt: her] in with a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

לָכֵ֛ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And she shall pursue after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, and shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband, for then was it better with me than now.

לִ֛י (לִ֛) l “for”

And she did not know that I had given her the corn and the new wine and the oil, and had multiplied to her the silver and gold, which they employed for Baal.

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

Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my new wine in its season, and will withdraw my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

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

And now will I discover her impiety in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.

לְעֵינֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

And I will make desolate her vine and her fig-tree, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards which my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

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

And I will visit upon her the days of the Baals, wherein she burned incense to them, and decked herself with her rings and jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith Jehovah.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”

Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

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

And it shall be in that day, saith Jehovah, [ergänzt: that] thou shalt call me, My husband, and shalt call me no more, Baali;

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “<to>”

And I will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will break bow and sword and battle out of the land; and I will make them to lie down safely.

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

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; and I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies;

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

and I will betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know Jehovah.

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to”

And I will sow her unto me in the land; and I will have mercy upon Lo-ruhamah; and I will say to Lo-ammi, Thou art my people; and they shall say, My God.

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

So I bought her to me for fifteen silver [ergänzt: pieces], and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.

לִּ֔י (לִּ֔) L “for”

And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be [ergänzt: another] man's, and I will also be for thee.

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

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

לַֽיהוָה֙ (לַֽ) la. “[belongs] to”

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “<to>”

As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “to”

And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to”

and they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: for they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

לִשְׁמֹֽר׃ (לִ) li “to”

My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [ergänzt: them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to”

-- Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “<to>”

Hear this, ye priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king: for this judgment is for you; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

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