2Jehovah,howlongshallIcryאֶזְעַ֥ק'ez.'AkH2199andthou wiltnothearתִשְׁמָ֑עtish.Ma'H8085?IcryH2199outunto thee,Violenceחָמָ֖סcha.MasH2555!andthou dostnotsaveתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃to.Shi.a'H3467. 3Whyלָ֣מָּהLa.mahH4100dost thoucauseH7379metoseeתַרְאֵ֤נִיtar.'E.niH7200iniquity,andlookest thouupongrievance?Forspoilingandviolenceוְחָמָ֖סve.cha.MasH2555arebeforeme;andthereisstrifeרִ֦יבrivH7379,andcontentionוּמָד֖וֹןu.ma.DonH4066risethup. 5Seeרְא֤וּre.'UH7200yeamongthenationsבַגּוֹיִם֙va.go.YimH1471,andbehold,andwondermarvellously;for[I]workH6467aworkH6467inyourdaysבִּֽימֵיכֶ֔םbi.mei.KhemH3117,whichyewillnotbelieveתַאֲמִ֖ינוּta.'a.Mi.nuH539,thoughitbedeclared[toyou]. 6Forbehold,Iraiseמֵקִים֙me.KimH6965uptheChaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha.kas.DimH3778,thatbitterהַמַּ֣רha.MarH4751andimpetuousnationהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471,whichmarcheththroughthebreadthoftheearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,topossessH3423dwelling-placesthatarenottheirs. 7Theyareterribleanddreadful:theirjudgmentH4941andtheirdignityוּשְׂאֵת֖וֹu.se.'e.ToH7613proceedfromthemselves. 8AndtheirhorsesH5483areswifterthantheleopardsמִנְּמֵרִ֜יםmi.ne.me.RimH5246,andaremore agile thantheeveningעֶ֔רֶב'E.revH6153wolvesH2061;andtheirhorsemenH6571prance proudly,andtheirhorsemenH6571comeיָבֹ֔אוּya.Vo.'uH935fromafarH7350:theyflyיָעֻ֕פוּya.'U.fuH5774asaneagleכְּנֶ֖שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404thathastethtodevourלֶאֱכֽוֹל׃le.'e.KholH398. 9TheycomeH935allofthemforviolenceלְחָמָ֣סle.cha.MasH2555:thecrowdoftheirfacesH6440isforwards,andtheygatherוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622captivesשֶֽׁבִי׃She.viH7628asthesandכַּח֖וֹלka.CholH2344. 10Yea,hescoffethatkingsבַּמְּלָכִ֣יםba.me.la.KhimH4428,andprincesareascornuntohim;hederidetheverystronghold:forheheapethupdustH6083,andtakethit. 12— Art thounotfromeverlasting,JehovahmyGodאֱלֹהַ֛י'e.lo.HaiH430,myHolyקְדֹשִׁ֖יke.do.ShiH6918OneH6918?Weshallnotdieנָמ֑וּתna.MutH4191.Jehovah, thou hastordainedhimforjudgmentלְמִשְׁפָּ֣טle.mish.PatH4941;andthou,ORockוְצ֖וּרve.TzurH6697, hastappointedשַׂמְתּ֔וֹsam.ToH7760himforcorrection. 13[Thou art]ofpurereyesעֵינַ֙יִם֙'ei.Na.yimH5869thantobeholdevilרָ֔עRa'H7451,andcanstnotlookH7200onmischiefעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999: wherefore lookest thouuponthemthatdealH898treacherouslyH898, [and] keepest silencewhenthewickedרָשָׁ֖עra.Sha'H7563swallowethupa[man]moreמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480righteousצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662thanhe? 14Andthou makestmenH120asthefishesoftheseaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220, asthecreepingH7431thingsכְּרֶ֖מֶשׂke.Re.mesH7431,thathavenorulerמֹשֵׁ֥לmo.ShelH4910overthem. 15Hetakethupallofthemwiththehookבְּחַכָּ֣הbe.cha.KahH2443,hecatcheththeminhisnet,andgathereththemintohisdrag;thereforeH3651herejoicethandisgladH8055: 16thereforeH3651hesacrificeth untohisnet,andburnethincenseH6999untohisdrag;forbythemhisportionחֶלְק֔וֹchel.KoH2506isbecomefatבְּרִאָֽה׃be.ri.'AhH1277,andhismeat dainty. 17ShallhethereforeH3651emptyhisnet,andnotspareיַחְמֽוֹל׃ סyach.MolH2550toslayH2026thenationsגּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471continuallyוְתָמִ֛ידve.ta.MidH8548? Commentaries on Habakkuk 1
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