TBESH · H9005
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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/ל (l) means “to/for” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: l STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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Page 232 of 241. 12010 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
Read word by wordSo I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
Read word by wordWhen Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
Read word by wordFor I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
Read word by wordThen I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
Read word by wordAfter two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
Read word by wordSo let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
Read word by wordWhat shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
Read word by wordIn the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
Read word by wordAlso for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.
Read word by wordWhen I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.
Read word by wordBut they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
Read word by wordAs they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
Read word by wordWoe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
Read word by wordIsrael cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”
Read word by wordThey set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.
Read word by wordFor they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
Read word by wordFor they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
Read word by wordThough Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
Read word by wordThough I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
Read word by wordThey will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordWhat will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?
Read word by wordFor even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
Read word by wordI found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
Read word by wordEven if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
Read word by wordI have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.
Read word by wordGive them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!
Read word by wordMy God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Read word by wordIsrael was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
Read word by wordSurely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
Read word by wordThe people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.
Read word by wordYes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
Read word by wordThe high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
Read word by wordI will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.
Read word by wordEphraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
Read word by wordSow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
Read word by wordThus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
Read word by wordWhen Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
Read word by wordBut the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
Read word by wordIt was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.
Read word by wordI led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.
Read word by wordWill they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
Read word by wordMy people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
Read word by wordI will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.
Read word by wordEphraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.2
The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.3
Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.5
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.8
And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.9
Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.15
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