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Habakkuk 2:15-20

15Woeה֚וֹיHoH1945untohimthatgivethhisneighborרֵעֵ֔הוּre.'E.huH7453drinkמַשְׁקֵ֣הmash.KehH8248,totheethataddest thy venom,andmakesthimdrunkenalsoH637,thatthou mayestlookהַבִּ֖יטha.BitH5027ontheirnakedness!

16Thou artfilledwithshameקָלוֹן֙ka.lOnH7036,andnotgloryH3519:drinkשְׁתֵ֥הshe.TehH8354thoualsoגַם־gam-H1571,andbeasoneuncircumcised;thecupכּ֚וֹסKosH3563ofJehovah’srightיְמִ֣יןye.MinH3225handH3225shallcomeroundתִּסּ֣וֹבti.SovH5437unto thee,andfoulshameH7036shallbeuponthygloryH3519.

17Fortheviolenceחֲמַ֤סcha.MasH2555donetoLebanonלְבָנוֹן֙le.va.nOnH3844shallcoverיְכַסֶּ֔ךָּye.kha.Se.kaH3680thee,andthedestructionH7701ofthebeasts,whichmadethemafraid;becauseofmen’sH120bloodמִדְּמֵ֤יmi.de.MeiH1818,andfortheviolenceוַחֲמַס־va.cha.mas-H2555donetothelandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,tothecityandtoallthatdwellיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427therein.

18Whatprofiteththegravenimageפֶּ֗סֶלPe.selH6459,thatthemakerthereof hathgravenit;themoltenimageH6459,eventheteacherofliesH8267,thathethatfashionethitsform trusteth therein,tomakeלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213dumbidolsאֱלִילִ֥ים'e.li.LimH457?

19Woeה֣וֹיHoH1945untohimthatsaithtothewoodלָעֵץ֙la.'EtzH6086,Awakeע֖וּרִי'U.riH5782;tothedumbstoneלְאֶ֣בֶןle.'E.venH68,Arise!Shallthisteachיוֹרֶ֔הyo.RehH3384?Behold,itisoverlaidwithgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכֶ֔סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701,andthereisnobreathר֖וּחַRu.achH7307atallinthemidstH7130ofit.

20ButJehovahisinhisholyH6944templeבְּהֵיכַ֣לbe.hei.KhalH1964: letalltheearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ פha.'A.retzH776keepsilencebeforehim.

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