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And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I `am' a fetter to them all.

לְכֻלָּֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms `is' in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.

לָשׁ֖וּב (לָ) la. “to”

With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.

לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (לְ) le. “to”

Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.

לְשַׁמָּ֣ה (לְ) le. “<into>”

And I `am' as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.

לְאֶפְרָ֑יִם (לְ) le. “to”לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”

And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.

לִרְפֹּ֣א (לִ) li “to”לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “<to>”

For I `am' as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I -- I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.

לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם (לְ) le. “to”לְבֵ֣ית (לְ) le. “to”

I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”

He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.

לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'

לָדַ֙עַת֙ (לָ) la. “to”לָ֔נוּ (לָ֔) La. “to”

What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness `is' as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early -- going.

לְּךָ֙ (לְּ) le. “to”לְּךָ֖ (לְּ) le. “to”

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There `is' the whoredom of Ephraim -- defiled is Israel.

לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”

Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back `to' the captivity of My people!

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “for”

`When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have wrought falsehood, And a thief doth come in, Stript off hath a troop in the street,

לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (לְ) le. “<to>”

And they do not say to their heart, `That' all their evil I have remembered, Now compassed them have their doings, Over-against My face they have been.

לִלְבָבָ֔ם (לִ) li “to”

When they go I spread over them My net, As the fowl of the heavens I bring them down, I chastise them as their company hath heard.

לַעֲדָתָֽם׃ (לַ) la. “to”

Wo to them, for they wandered from Me, Destruction to them, for they transgressed against Me, And I -- I ransom them, and they have spoken lies against Me,

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “[belongs] to”

To Me they cry, `My God, we -- Israel -- have known Thee.'

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to”

They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for <the>”

For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “[belongs] to”

For they -- they have gone up `to' Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself `is' Ephraim, They have hired lovers!

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to”

Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.

לַחֲטֹ֑א (לַ) la. “for”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to”לַחֲטֹֽא׃ (לַ) la. “for”

I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “for”

They pour not out wine to Jehovah, Nor are they sweet to Him, Their sacrifices `are' as bread of mourners to them, All eating it are unclean: For their bread `is' for themselves, It doth not come into the house of Jehovah.

לַיהוָ֥ה׀ (לַ) la. “to”לוֹ֒ (ל) l “to”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”לְנַפְשָׁ֔ם (לְ) le. “[will be] for”

What do ye at the day appointed? And at the day of Jehovah's festival?

לְי֣וֹם (לְ) le. “to”וּלְי֖וֹם (לְ) le. “to”