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Haggai 1:4-8

4“Is it a timeהַעֵ֤תha.'EtH6256for youyourselvesאַתֶּ֔ם'a.TemH859to liveלָשֶׁ֖בֶתla.She.vetH3427in your paneledסְפוּנִ֑יםse.fu.NimH5603housesבְּבָתֵּיכֶ֣םbe.va.tei.KhemH1004,while thisהַזֶּ֖הha.ZehH2088houseוְהַבַּ֥יִתve.ha.Ba.yitH1004lies in ruinsחָרֵֽב׃cha.RevH2720?”

5Nowוְעַתָּ֕הve.'a.TahH6258this is whatכֹּ֥הkohH3541the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635saysאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559: “Consider carefullyשִׂ֥ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֖ם עַל־Si.mu le.vav.Khem 'al-H7760 H3824 H5921your waysדַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃dar.khei.KhemH1870.

6You have plantedזְרַעְתֶּ֨םze.ra'.TemH2232muchהַרְבֵּ֜הhar.BehH7235but harvestedוְהָבֵ֣אve.ha.Ve'H935littleמְעָ֗טme.'AtH4592.You eatאָכ֤וֹל'a.KholH398but neverוְאֵין־ve.'ein-H369have enoughלְשָׂבְעָה֙le.sa.ve.'AhH7654.You drinkשָׁת֣וֹsha.ToH8354but neverוְאֵין־ve.'ein-H369have your fillלְשָׁכְרָ֔הle.sha.khe.RahH7937.You put on clothesלָב֖וֹשׁla.Vo.oshH3847but neverוְאֵין־ve.'ein-H369get warmלְחֹ֣םle.ChomH2552.You earn wagesH7936to put intoאֶל־'el-H413a bagצְר֥וֹרtze.RorH6872pierced throughנָקֽוּב׃ פna.KuvH5344.”

7This is whatכֹּ֥הkohH3541the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635saysאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559: “Consider carefullyשִׂ֥ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֖ם עַל־Si.mu le.vav.Khem 'al-H7760 H3824 H5921your waysדַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃dar.khei.KhemH1870.

8Go upעֲל֥וּ'a.LuH5927into the hillsהָהָ֛רha.HarH2022,bring downוַהֲבֵאתֶ֥םva.ha.ve.TemH935lumberעֵ֖ץ'etzH6086,and buildוּבְנ֣וּu.ve.NuH1129the houseהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,so that I may take pleasureוְאֶרְצֶה־ve.'er.tzeh-H7521in itand be glorifiedוְאֶכָּבְדָ֖הve.'e.ka.vedH3513,saysאָמַ֥ר'a.MarH559the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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