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Habakkuk 2:5-13

5Yea,moreover,wineהַיַּ֣יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196istreacherousבּוֹגֵ֔דbo.GedH898,ahaughtymanגֶּ֥בֶרGe.verH1397,thatkeepethnotathome;whoenlargethhisdesireH5315asSheolכִּשְׁא֜וֹלkish.'olH7585,andheisasdeathכַמָּ֙וֶת֙kha.Ma.vetH4194,andcannotbesatisfiedH7646,butgathereth untohimallnationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471,andheapeth untohimallpeoplesH5971.

6ShallnotallthesetakeH5375upaparableH4912againsthim,andatauntingproverbH4912againsthim,andsayוְיֹאמַ֗רve.yo.MarH559,Woeה֚וֹיHoH1945tohimthatincreaseththatwhichisnothis!howlong?andthatladethhimselfwithpledges!

7ShalltheynotriseH6965upsuddenlyפֶ֗תַעFe.ta'H6621thatshallbite thee,andawakethatshallvex thee,andthou shaltbeH1961forbooty untothem?

8Becausethou hastplunderedH7997manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471,alltheremnantofthepeoplesH5971shallplunder thee,becauseofmen’sH120bloodמִדְּמֵ֤יmi.de.MeiH1818,andfortheviolenceוַחֲמַס־va.cha.mas-H2555donetothelandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,tothecityandtoallthatdwellיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427therein.

9Woeה֗וֹיHoH1945tohimthatgettethanevilH7451gainבֶּ֥צַעBe.tza'H1215forhishouseלְבֵית֑וֹle.vei.ToH1004,thathemaysetלָשׂ֤וּםla.SumH7760hisnestקִנּ֔וֹki.NoH7064onhighבַּמָּרוֹם֙ba.ma.rOmH4791,thathemaybedeliveredלְהִנָּצֵ֖לle.hi.na.TzelH5337fromthehandמִכַּף־mi.kaf-H3709ofevilH7451!

10Thou hastdevisedshameבֹּ֖שֶׁתBo.shetH1322tothyhouseלְבֵיתֶ֑ךָle.vei.Te.khaH1004,bycuttingoffmanyרַבִּ֖יםra.BimH7227peoplesH5971,andhastsinnedH2398againstthysoulH5315.

11Forthestoneאֶ֖בֶן'E.venH68shallcryתִּזְעָ֑קtiz.'AkH2199outofthewallמִקִּ֣ירmi.KirH7023,andthebeamoutofthetimbershallanswerיַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פya.'a.Ne.nahH6030it.

12Woeה֛וֹיHoH1945tohimthatbuildethatownקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151withbloodבְּדָמִ֑יםbe.da.MimH1818,andestablishethacityעִ֖יר'irH5892byiniquity!

13Behold,isitnotofJehovahofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635thatthepeoplesH5971laborוְיִֽיגְע֤וּve.yi.ge.'UH3021forthefireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784,andthenationswearyH3021themselvesforvanity?

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