2OJehovah,howlongshallIcryאֶזְעַ֥ק'ez.'AkH2199,andthou wiltnothearתִשְׁמָ֑עtish.Ma'H8085?IcryH2199outunto theeofviolenceחָמָ֖סcha.MasH2555,andthou wiltnotsaveתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃to.Shi.a'H3467. 3Whyלָ֣מָּהLa.mahH4100dost thoushowH7200meiniquity,andlookH7200uponperverseness?fordestructionH7701andviolenceוְחָמָ֖סve.cha.MasH2555arebeforeme;andthereisstrifeרִ֦יבrivH7379,andcontentionוּמָד֖וֹןu.ma.DonH4066risethup. 4ThereforeH3651thelawתּוֹרָ֔הto.RahH8451isslacked,andjusticeמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941dothnevergoH3318forthיֵצֵ֥אye.Tze'H3318;forthewickedרָשָׁע֙ra.Sha'H7563doth compassabouttherighteousהַצַּדִּ֔יקha.tza.DikH6662;thereforeH3651justiceמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941goethforthיֵצֵ֥אye.Tze'H3318perverted. 5Beholdyeamongthenationsבַגּוֹיִם֙va.go.YimH1471,andlookH7200,andwondermarvellously;forIamworkingaworkH6467inyourdaysבִּֽימֵיכֶ֔םbi.mei.KhemH3117,whichyewillnotbelieveתַאֲמִ֖ינוּta.'a.Mi.nuH539thoughitbetoldyou. 6For,lo,Iraiseמֵקִים֙me.KimH6965uptheChaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha.kas.DimH3778,thatbitterהַמַּ֣רha.MarH4751andhastyH4116nationהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471,thatmarchthroughthebreadthoftheearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,topossessH3423dwelling-placesthatarenottheirs. 7Theyareterribleanddreadful;theirjudgmentH4941andtheirdignityוּשְׂאֵת֖וֹu.se.'e.ToH7613proceedfromthemselves. 8TheirhorsesH5483alsoareswifterthanleopardsמִנְּמֵרִ֜יםmi.ne.me.RimH5246,andaremore fierce thantheeveningעֶ֔רֶב'E.revH6153wolvesH2061;andtheirhorsemenH6571pressproudlyon: yea,theirhorsemenH6571comeיָבֹ֔אוּya.Vo.'uH935fromfarH7350;theyflyיָעֻ֕פוּya.'U.fuH5774asaneagleכְּנֶ֖שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404thathastethtodevourלֶאֱכֽוֹל׃le.'e.KholH398. 9TheycomeH935allofthemforviolenceלְחָמָ֣סle.cha.MasH2555;thesetoftheirfacesH6440isforwards;andtheygatherוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622captivesשֶֽׁבִי׃She.viH7628asthesandכַּח֖וֹלka.CholH2344. 10Yea,hescoffethatkingsבַּמְּלָכִ֣יםba.me.la.KhimH4428,andprincesareaderision untohim;hederidetheverystronghold;forheheapethupdustH6083,andtakethit. 11Thenאָ֣ז'azH227shallhesweepbyasawindר֛וּחַRu.achH7307,andshallpassH5674over,andbeguiltyוְאָשֵׁ֑םve.'a.ShemH816, evenhewhosemightishisgodH430. 12Artnotthoufromeverlasting,OJehovahmyGodאֱלֹהַ֛י'e.lo.HaiH430,myHolyקְדֹשִׁ֖יke.do.ShiH6918OneH6918?weshallnotdieנָמ֑וּתna.MutH4191.OJehovah, thou hastordainedhimforjudgmentלְמִשְׁפָּ֣טle.mish.PatH4941;andthou,ORockוְצ֖וּרve.TzurH6697, hastestablishedיְסַדְתּֽוֹ׃ye.sad.ToH3245himforcorrection. 13Thouthatartofpurereyesעֵינַ֙יִם֙'ei.Na.yimH5869thantobeholdevilרָ֔עRa'H7451,andthatcanstnotlookH7200onperverseness, wherefore lookest thouuponthemthatdealH898treacherouslyH898,andholdest thy peacewhenthewickedרָשָׁ֖עra.Sha'H7563swallowethupthemanthatismoreמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480righteousצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662thanhe; 14andmakestmenH120asthefishesoftheseaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220, asthecreepingH7431thingsכְּרֶ֖מֶשׂke.Re.mesH7431,thathavenorulerמֹשֵׁ֥לmo.ShelH4910overthem? 15Hetakethupallofthemwiththeangle,hecatcheththeminhisnet,andgathereththeminhisdrag:thereforeH3651herejoicethandisgladH8055. 16ThereforeH3651hesacrificeth untohisnet,andburnethincenseH6999untohisdrag;becausebythemhisportionחֶלְק֔וֹchel.KoH2506isfatבְּרִאָֽה׃be.ri.'AhH1277,andhisfoodוּמַאֲכָל֖וֹu.ma.'a.kha.LoH3978plenteous. 17ShallhethereforeH3651emptyhisnet,andspareיַחְמֽוֹל׃ סyach.MolH2550nottoslayH2026thenationsגּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471continuallyוְתָמִ֛ידve.ta.MidH8548? Commentaries on Habakkuk 1
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