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Habakkuk 1:13-17

13Your eyesעֵינַ֙יִם֙'ei.Na.yimH5869are too pureטְה֤וֹרte.HorH2890to look uponמֵרְא֣וֹתme.re.'otH7200evilרָ֔עRa'H7451,and You cannotלֹ֣א תוּכָ֑לlo' tu.KhalH3808 H3201tolerateוְהַבִּ֥יט אֶל־ve.ha.Bit 'el-H5027 H413wrongdoingעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999.So whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100do You tolerateתַבִּיט֙ta.BitH5027the faithlessבּֽוֹגְדִ֔יםbog.DimH898?Why are You silentתַּחֲרִ֕ישׁta.cha.RishH2790while the wickedרָשָׁ֖עra.Sha'H7563swallow upבְּבַלַּ֥עbe.va.La'H1104those more righteousצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662than themselvesמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480?

14You have madeוַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥הva.ta.'a.SehH6213menאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120like the fishכִּדְגֵ֣יkid.GeiH1709of the seaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220,like creeping thingsכְּרֶ֖מֶשׂke.Re.mesH7431that havenoלֹא־lo'-H3808rulerמֹשֵׁ֥לmo.ShelH4910.

15The foepulls all of themכֻּלֹּה֙ku.LohH3605upהֵֽעֲלָ֔הhe.'a.LahH5927with a hookבְּחַכָּ֣הbe.cha.KahH2443;he catches themיְגֹרֵ֣הוּye.go.Re.huH1641in his dragnetבְחֶרְמ֔וֹve.cher.MoH2764,and gathers themוְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּve.ya.'as.Fe.huH622in his fishing netבְּמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹbe.mikh.mar.ToH4365;soעַל־ כֵּ֖ן'al- kenH5921 H3651he rejoices gladlyיִשְׂמַ֥ח וְיָגִֽיל׃yis.Mach ve.ya.GilH8055 H1523.

16Thereforeעַל־ כֵּן֙'al- kenH5921 H3651he sacrificesיְזַבֵּ֣חַye.za.Be.achH2076to his dragnetלְחֶרְמ֔וֹle.cher.MoH2764and burns incenseוִֽיקַטֵּ֖רvi.ka.TerH6999to his fishing netלְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹle.mikh.mar.ToH4365,forכִּ֤יkiH3588by these thingshis portionחֶלְק֔וֹchel.KoH2506is sumptuousשָׁמֵ֣ןsha.MenH8082and his foodוּמַאֲכָל֖וֹu.ma.'a.kha.LoH3978is richבְּרִאָֽה׃be.ri.'AhH1277.

17Will heהַ֥עַלHa.'alH5921,thereforeכֵּ֖ןkenH3651,emptyיָרִ֣יקya.RikH7324his netחֶרְמ֑וֹcher.MoH2764and continueוְתָמִ֛ידve.ta.MidH8548to slayלַהֲרֹ֥גla.ha.RogH2026nationsגּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471withoutלֹ֥אlo'H3808mercyיַחְמֽוֹל׃ סyach.MolH2550?

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