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Habakkuk 1:13-17

13Thou artof purerH2889eyesעֵינַ֙יִם֙'ei.Na.yimH5869than to beholdמֵרְא֣וֹתme.re.'otH7200evilרָ֔עRa'H7451,and canstתוּכָ֑לtu.KhalH3201not lookוְהַבִּ֥יטve.ha.BitH5027on iniquityעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999:wherefore lookestתַבִּיט֙ta.BitH5027thou upon them that deal treacherouslyבּֽוֹגְדִ֔יםbog.DimH898, andholdest thy tongueתַּחֲרִ֕ישׁta.cha.RishH2790when the wickedרָשָׁ֖עra.Sha'H7563devourethבְּבַלַּ֥עbe.va.La'H1104the man that ismore righteousצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662than he?

14And makestוַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥הva.ta.'a.SehH6213menאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120as the fishesכִּדְגֵ֣יkid.GeiH1709of the seaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220,as the creeping thingsכְּרֶ֖מֶשׂke.Re.mesH7431, that haveno rulerמֹשֵׁ֥לmo.ShelH4910over them?

15They take upהֵֽעֲלָ֔הhe.'a.LahH5927all of them with the angleבְּחַכָּ֣הbe.cha.KahH2443,they catchיְגֹרֵ֣הוּye.go.Re.huH1641them in their netבְחֶרְמ֔וֹve.cher.MoH2764,and gatherוְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּve.ya.'as.Fe.huH622them in their dragבְּמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹbe.mikh.mar.ToH4365:therefore they rejoiceיִשְׂמַ֥חyis.MachH8055and are gladוְיָגִֽיל׃ve.ya.GilH1523.

16Therefore they sacrificeיְזַבֵּ֣חַye.za.Be.achH2076unto their netלְחֶרְמ֔וֹle.cher.MoH2764,and burn incenseוִֽיקַטֵּ֖רvi.ka.TerH6999unto their dragלְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹle.mikh.mar.ToH4365;because by themH1992their portionחֶלְק֔וֹchel.KoH2506isfatשָׁמֵ֣ןsha.MenH8082,and their meatוּמַאֲכָל֖וֹu.ma.'a.kha.LoH3978plenteousבְּרִאָֽה׃be.ri.'AhH1277.

17Shall they therefore emptyיָרִ֣יקya.RikH7324their netחֶרְמ֑וֹcher.MoH2764,and not spareיַחְמֽוֹל׃ סyach.MolH2550continuallyוְתָמִ֛ידve.ta.MidH8548to slayלַהֲרֹ֥גla.ha.RogH2026the nationsגּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471?

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