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Habakkuk 1:5-10

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.

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