H9005–/ל–l

Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.

לְפָנָ֑י (לְ) le. “<to>”

And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.

לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”

And sweet to Jehovah hath been the present of Judah and Jerusalem, As in days of old, and as in former years.

לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”

And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.

לַמִּשְׁפָּט֒ (לַ) la. “for <the>”לַשָּׁ֑קֶר (לַ) la. “to <the>”

Even from the days of your fathers Ye have turned aside from My statutes, And ye have not taken heed. Turn back unto Me, and I turn back to you, Said Jehovah of Hosts. And ye have said, `In what do we turn back?'

לְמִימֵ֨י (לְ) le. “<to>”

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

לָכֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “for”לָכֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “for”

And I have pushed for you against the consumer, And He doth not destroy to you the fruit of the ground, Nor miscarry to you doth the vine in the field, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

לָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “of”לָכֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “of”

Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name.

לְפָנָיו֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְיִרְאֵ֣י (לְ) le. “of”וּלְחֹשְׁבֵ֖י (לְ) le. “of”

And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing -- a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him.

לִ֗י (לִ֗) L “to”לַיּ֕וֹם (לַ) la “to the”

And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.

לְרָשָׁ֑ע (לְ) le. “and”לַאֲשֶׁ֖ר (לַ) la. “and”

For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for”

And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness -- and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.

לָכֶ֜ם (לָ) la. “for”

Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

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