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Habakkuk 1:5-10

5“Lookרְא֤וּre.'UH7200at the nationsבַגּוֹיִם֙va.go.YimH1471and observeוְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּve.ha.Bi.tuH5027—be utterly astoundedH8539!Forכִּי־ki-H3588I amdoingפֹּעֵ֣לpo.'ElH6466a workפֹ֙עַל֙fo.'alH6467in your daysבִּֽימֵיכֶ֔םbi.mei.KhemH3117that you would neverלֹ֥אlo'H3808believeתַאֲמִ֖ינוּta.'a.Mi.nuH539even ifכִּ֥יkiH3588someonetold youיְסֻפָּֽר׃ye.su.ParH5608.

6Forכִּֽי־ki-H3588beholdהִנְנִ֤יhi.NiH2005,I am raising upמֵקִים֙me.KimH6965אֶת־'et-H853the Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha.kas.DimH3778—that ruthlessהַמַּ֣רha.MarH4751and impetuousוְהַנִּמְהָ֑רve.ha.nim.HarH4116nationהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471which marchesהַֽהוֹלֵךְ֙ha.ho.leKhH1980through the breadthלְמֶרְחֲבֵי־le.mer.cha.vei-H4800of the earthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776to seizeלָרֶ֖שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423dwellingsמִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹתmish.ka.NotH4908notלֹּא־lo'-H3808their own.

7Theyה֑וּאHu'H1931are dreadedאָיֹ֥ם'a.YomH366and fearedוְנוֹרָ֖אve.no.Ra'H3372;from themselvesמִמֶּ֕נּוּmi.Me.nuH4480they deriveיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318justiceמִשְׁפָּט֥וֹmish.pa.ToH4941and sovereigntyוּשְׂאֵת֖וֹu.se.'e.ToH7613.

8Their horsesסוּסָ֗יוsu.SavH5483are swifterוְקַלּ֨וּve.ka.LuH7043than leopardsמִנְּמֵרִ֜יםmi.ne.me.RimH5246,fiercerוְחַדּוּ֙ve.cha.DuH2300than wolvesמִזְּאֵ֣בֵיmi.ze.'E.veiH2061of the nightעֶ֔רֶב'E.revH6153.Their horsemenפָּֽרָשָׁ֑יוpa.ra.ShavH6571charge aheadוּפָ֖שׁוּu.Fa.shuH6335,and their cavalryוּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙u.fa.ra.ShavH6571comesיָבֹ֔אוּya.Vo.'uH935from afarמֵרָח֣וֹקme.ra.ChokH7350.They flyיָעֻ֕פוּya.'U.fuH5774like a vultureכְּנֶ֖שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404,swooping downחָ֥שׁchashH2363to devourלֶאֱכֽוֹל׃le.'e.KholH398.

9Allכֻּלֹּה֙ku.LohH3605of them comeיָב֔וֹאya.Vo'H935bentמְגַמַּ֥תme.ga.MatH4041on violenceלְחָמָ֣סle.cha.MasH2555;their hordesפְּנֵיהֶ֖םpe.nei.HemH6440advance likethe eastקָדִ֑ימָהka.Di.mahH6921wind;they gatherוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622prisonersשֶֽׁבִי׃She.viH7628like sandכַּח֖וֹלka.CholH2344.

10Theyוְהוּא֙ve.Hu'H1931scoff atיִתְקַלָּ֔סyit.ka.LasH7046kingsבַּמְּלָכִ֣יםba.me.la.KhimH4428and make rulersוְרֹזְנִ֖יםve.ro.ze.NimH7336an object of scornמִשְׂחָ֣קmis.ChakH4890.Theyה֚וּאhu'H1931laughיִשְׂחָ֔קyis.ChakH7832at everyלְכָל־le.kholH3605fortressמִבְצָ֣רmiv.TzarH4013and build upוַיִּצְבֹּ֥רvai.yitz.BorH6651siege rampsעָפָ֖ר'a.FarH6083to seize itוַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃Vai.yil.ke.DahH3920.

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