H9005–/ל–l

Say ye to 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 make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

לָכֵ֛ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

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

לִ֛י (לִ֛) l “for”

For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared 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 its time, and my wine in its season, and I will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.

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

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

לְעֵינֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

And I will destroy her vines and her fig-trees, of which she hath said, These are my rewards that 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 Baalim, in which she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the LORD.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”

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

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 from the land of Egypt.

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

And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “<to>”

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping animals of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down in safety.

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

And I will betroth thee to me for ever; yes, I will betroth thee to 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”

I will even betroth thee to me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to”

And I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them who were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

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

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley:

לִּ֔י (לִּ֔) L “for”

And I said to her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.

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

Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

לַֽיהוָה֙ (לַֽ) la. “[belongs] to”

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

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “<to>”

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

לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “to”

And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to”

For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall be guilty of lewdness, and shall not increase: because they have ceased to take heed to the LORD.

לִשְׁמֹֽר׃ (לִ) li “to”

My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth to them: for the spirit of lewdness hath caused them to err, and they have gone astray from under their God.

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to”

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “<to>”

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

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