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Zephaniah 3:1-8

1Woeה֥וֹיHoH1945toher that is rebellious and polluted!totheoppressingH3238cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892!

2Sheobeyednotthevoiceבְּק֔וֹלbe.KolH6963;shereceivedH3947notcorrectionמוּסָ֑רmu.SarH4148;shetrustedבָטָ֔חָהva.Ta.chahH982notinJehovah;shedrewH7126notneartoherGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ'e.lo.Hei.haH430.

3HerprincesH8269inthemidstבְקִרְבָּ֔הּve.kir.BahH7130ofherareroaringשֹֽׁאֲגִ֑יםsho.'a.GimH7580lionsאֲרָי֖וֹת'a.ra.YotH738;herjudgesH8199areeveningעֶ֔רֶב'E.revH6153wolvesH2061;theyleavenothingtillthemorrow.

4Herprophetsנְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ne.vi.'Ei.haH5030arelightandtreacherouspersonsH376;herpriestsכֹּהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ko.ha.Nei.haH3548haveprofanedחִלְּלוּ־chi.le.lu-H2490thesanctuaryקֹ֔דֶשׁKo.deshH6944,theyhavedoneviolenceחָמְס֖וּcha.me.SuH2554tothelawתּוֹרָֽה׃to.RahH8451.

5Jehovahinthemidstבְּקִרְבָּ֔הּbe.kir.BahH7130ofherisrighteousצַדִּיק֙tza.DikH6662;hewillnotdoiniquity;everymorningH1242dothhebringhisjusticeH4941tolightלָאוֹר֙la.'OrH216,hefailethnot;buttheunjustknowethnoshameבֹּֽשֶׁת׃Bo.shetH1322.

6Ihavecutהִכְרַ֣תִּיhikh.Ra.tiH3772offnationsגוֹיִ֗םgo.YimH1471;theirbattlementsaredesolateנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙na.Sha.muH8074;IhavemadeH3772theirstreetsחֽוּצוֹתָ֖םchu.tzo.TamH2351waste,sothatnonepassethby;theircitiesעָרֵיהֶ֛ם'a.rei.HemH5892aredestroyed,sothatthereisnomanH376,sothatthereisnoinhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427.

7IsaidH559,OnlyH389fearתִּירְאִ֤יtir.'IH3372thoume;receiveH3947correctionמוּסָ֔רmu.SarH4148;soherdwellingshallnotbecutיִכָּרֵ֣תyi.ka.RetH3772off,accordingtoallthatIhaveappointedH6485concerningher:buttheyroseH7925earlyהִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּhish.Ki.muH7925andcorruptedהִשְׁחִ֔יתוּhish.Chi.tuH7843alltheirdoings.

8Thereforeלָכֵ֤ןla.KhenH3651waitחַכּוּ־cha.ku-H2442yeforme, saithJehovah,untilthedayלְי֖וֹםle.YomH3117thatIriseH6965uptotheprey;formydeterminationistogatherH6908thenationsגּוֹיִ֜םgo.YimH1471,thatImayassemblethekingdomsמַמְלָכ֗וֹתmam.la.KhotH4467,topourלִשְׁפֹּ֨ךְlish.PokhH8210uponthemmineindignationזַעְמִי֙za'.MiH2195,evenallmyfierceangerאַפִּ֔י'a.PiH639;foralltheearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776shallbedevouredH398withthefireבְּאֵ֣שׁbe.'EshH784ofmyjealousyקִנְאָתִ֔יkin.'a.TiH7068.

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