H9005–/ל–l

And the northern I put far off from you, And have driven him unto a land dry and desolate, With his face unto the eastern sea, And his rear unto the western sea, And come up hath his stink, And come up doth his stench, For he hath exerted himself to work.

לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (לַ) la. “to”

Do not fear, O land! joy and rejoice, For Jehovah hath exerted Himself to work.

לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (לַ) la. “to”

And ye sons of Zion, joy and rejoice, In Jehovah your God, For He hath given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causeth to come down to you a shower, Sprinkling and gathered -- in the beginning.

לָכֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to”לִצְדָקָ֑ה (לִ) li “for”לָכֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “for”

And I have recompensed to you the years That consume did the locust, the cankerworm, And the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, My great force that I did send against you.

לָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to”

And ye have eaten, eating and being satisfied, And have praised the name of Jehovah your God, Who hath dealt with you wonderfully, And not ashamed are My people to the age.

לְהַפְלִ֑יא (לְ) le. “by”לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “for”

And ye have known that in the midst of Israel `am' I, And I `am' Jehovah your God, and there is none else, And not ashamed are My people to the age.

לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “for”

The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (לְ) le. “into”לְדָ֑ם (לְ) le. “into”לִפְנֵ֗י (לִ) li “<to>”

And also, what `are' ye to Me, O Tyre and Zidon, And all circuits of Philistia? Recompence are ye rendering unto Me? And if ye are giving recompence to Me, Swiftly, hastily, I turn back your recompence on your head.

לִי֙ (לִ) l “to”

In that My silver and My gold ye took, And My desirable things that are good, Ye have brought in to your temples.

לְהֵיכְלֵיכֶֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.

לִבְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “to”

And have sold your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the sons of Judah, And they have sold them to Shabeans, Unto a nation far off, for Jehovah hath spoken.

לִשְׁבָאיִ֖ם (לִ) li “to”

Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, `I `am' mighty.'

לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת (לַֽ) la. “into”לִרְמָחִ֑ים (לִ) li “into”

Wake and come up let the nations unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I sit to judge all the nations around.

לִשְׁפֹּ֥ט (לִ) li “to”

And Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And shaken have the heavens and earth, And Jehovah `is' a refuge to his people, And a stronghold to sons of Israel.

לְעַמּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “for”לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “for”

Egypt a desolation becometh, And Edom a desolation, a wilderness, becometh, For violence `to' sons of Judah, Whose innocent blood they shed in their land.

לִשְׁמָמָ֣ה (לִ) li “<into>”לְמִדְבַּ֥ר (לְ) le. “<into>”

And Judah to the age doth dwell, And Jerusalem to generation and generation.

לְעוֹלָ֣ם (לְ) le. “for”לְד֥וֹר (לְ) le. “to”

Words of Amos -- who hath been among herdsmen of Tekoa -- that he hath seen concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking;

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their removing a complete captivity, To deliver up to Edom,

לְהַסְגִּ֥יר (לְ) le. “to”לֶאֱדֽוֹם׃ (לֶ) le. “to”

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their delivering up a complete captivity to Edom, And they remembered not the brotherly covenant,

לֶאֱד֔וֹם (לֶ) le. “to”

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his pursuing with a sword his brother, And he hath destroyed his mercies, And tear perpetually doth his anger, And his wrath -- he hath kept it for ever,

לָעַד֙ (לָ) la. “for”

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his burning the bones of the king of Edom to lime,

לַשִּֽׂיד׃ (לַ) la. “into <the>”

And I -- I have brought you up from the land of Egypt, And cause you to go in a wilderness forty years, To possess the land of the Amorite.

לָרֶ֖שֶׁת (לָ) la. “to”

And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah.

לִנְבִיאִ֔ים (לִ) li “to”לִנְזִרִ֑ים (לִ) li “to”

And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, `Do not prophecy!'

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.

לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “<for>”