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Zephaniah 3:1-8

1Woeה֥וֹיHoH1945toher that is rebellious and corrupted,totheoppressingH3238cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892!

2Shehearkenednottothevoiceבְּק֔וֹלbe.KolH6963;shereceivedH3947notcorrectionמוּסָ֑רmu.SarH4148;sheconfidednotinJehovah;shedrewH7126notnearherGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ'e.lo.Hei.haH430.

3HerprincesH8269inthemidstבְקִרְבָּ֔הּve.kir.BahH7130ofherareroaringשֹֽׁאֲגִ֑יםsho.'a.GimH7580lionsאֲרָי֖וֹת'a.ra.YotH738;herjudgesH8199areeveningעֶ֔רֶב'E.revH6153wolvesH2061,thatleavenothingforthemorningלַבֹּֽקֶר׃la.Bo.kerH1242.

4Herprophetsנְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ne.vi.'Ei.haH5030arevain-glorious,treacherouspersonsH376;herpriestsכֹּהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ko.ha.Nei.haH3548profaneחִלְּלוּ־chi.le.lu-H2490thesanctuaryקֹ֔דֶשׁKo.deshH6944,theydoviolenceחָמְס֖וּcha.me.SuH2554tothelawתּוֹרָֽה׃to.RahH8451.

5Therighteousצַדִּיק֙tza.DikH6662Jehovahisinthemidstבְּקִרְבָּ֔הּbe.kir.BahH7130ofher:hedoethnowrong.EverymorningH1242dothhebringhisjudgmentמִשְׁפָּט֨וֹmish.pa.ToH4941tolightלָאוֹר֙la.'OrH216;itfailethnot:buttheunrighteous knowethnoshameבֹּֽשֶׁת׃Bo.shetH1322.

6Ihavecutהִכְרַ֣תִּיhikh.Ra.tiH3772offnationsגוֹיִ֗םgo.YimH1471:theirbattlementsaredesolateנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙na.Sha.muH8074;ImadeH3772theirstreetsחֽוּצוֹתָ֖םchu.tzo.TamH2351waste,thatnonepassethby;theircitiesעָרֵיהֶ֛ם'a.rei.HemH5892aredestroyed,sothatthereisnomanH376,sothatthereisnoinhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427.

7IsaidH559,OnlyH389fearתִּירְאִ֤יtir.'IH3372me,receiveH3947correctionמוּסָ֔רmu.SarH4148;soherdwellingshallnotbecutיִכָּרֵ֣תyi.ka.RetH3772off, howsoeverImaypunishH6485her.ButtheyroseH7925earlyהִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּhish.Ki.muH7925,theycorruptedהִשְׁחִ֔יתוּhish.Chi.tuH7843alltheirdoings.

8Thereforeלָכֵ֤ןla.KhenH3651waitחַכּוּ־cha.ku-H2442yeforme, saithJehovah,untilthedayלְי֖וֹםle.YomH3117thatIriseH6965uptotheprey;formydeterminationistoassemblethenationsגּוֹיִ֜םgo.YimH1471,thatImaygatherH6908thekingdomsמַמְלָכ֗וֹתmam.la.KhotH4467together,topourלִשְׁפֹּ֨ךְlish.PokhH8210uponthemmineindignationזַעְמִי֙za'.MiH2195, —allmyfierceangerאַפִּ֔י'a.PiH639:foralltheearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776shallbedevouredH398withthefireבְּאֵ֣שׁbe.'EshH784ofmyjealousyקִנְאָתִ֔יkin.'a.TiH7068.

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