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Habakkuk 2:5-13

5Yea also, because he transgressethבּוֹגֵ֔דbo.GedH898by wineהַיַּ֣יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196, he isa proudיָהִ֖ירya.HirH3093manגֶּ֥בֶרGe.verH1397,neither keepeth at homeיִנְוֶ֑הyin.VehH5115,who enlargethהִרְחִ֨יבhir.ChivH7337his desireנַפְשׁ֗וֹnaf.ShoH5315as hellכִּשְׁא֜וֹלkish.'olH7585, and isas deathכַמָּ֙וֶת֙kha.Ma.vetH4194,and cannot be satisfiedיִשְׂבָּ֔עyis.Ba'H7646,but gatherethוַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622unto him all nationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471,and heapethוַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץvai.yik.BotzH6908unto him all peopleהָעַמִּֽים׃ha.'a.MimH5971:

6Shall not all these take upיִשָּׂ֔אוּyi.Sa.'uH5375a parableמָשָׁ֣לma.ShalH4912against him, and a tauntingוּמְלִיצָ֖הu.me.li.TzahH4426proverbחִיד֣וֹתchi.DotH2420against him, and sayוְיֹאמַ֗רve.yo.MarH559,Woeה֚וֹיHoH1945to him that increasethהַמַּרְבֶּ֣הha.mar.BehH7235that which isnot his! how long? and to him that ladethוּמַכְבִּ֥ידu.makh.BidH3513himself with thick clayעַבְטִֽיט׃'av.TitH5671!

7Shall they not rise upיָק֙וּמוּ֙ya.Ku.muH6965suddenlyפֶ֗תַעFe.ta'H6621that shall biteנֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָno.she.Khei.khaH5391thee, and awakeוְיִקְצ֖וּve.yik.TzuH3364that shall vexמְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָme.za'.ze.'Ei.khaH2111thee, and thou shalt be for bootiesלִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹתlim.shi.SotH4933unto them?

8Because thou hast spoiledשַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙sha.Lo.taH7997manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471,all the remnantיֶ֣תֶרYe.terH3499of the peopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971shall spoilיְשָׁלּ֖וּךָye.sha.Lu.khaH7997thee; because of men’sאָדָם֙'a.DamH120bloodמִדְּמֵ֤יmi.de.MeiH1818, and forthe violenceוַחֲמַס־va.cha.mas-H2555of the landאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,of the cityקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151,and of all that dwellיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427therein.

9Woeה֗וֹיHoH1945to him that covetethבֹּצֵ֛עַbo.Tze.a'H1214an evilרָ֖עra'H7451covetousnessבֶּ֥צַעBe.tza'H1215to his houseלְבֵית֑וֹle.vei.ToH1004,that he may setלָשׂ֤וּםla.SumH7760his nestקִנּ֔וֹki.NoH7064on highבַּמָּרוֹם֙ba.ma.rOmH4791,that he may be deliveredלְהִנָּצֵ֖לle.hi.na.TzelH5337from the powerמִכַּף־mi.kaf-H3709of evilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451!

10Thou hast consultedיָעַ֥צְתָּya.'Atz.taH3289shameבֹּ֖שֶׁתBo.shetH1322to thy houseלְבֵיתֶ֑ךָle.vei.Te.khaH1004by cutting offקְצוֹת־ke.tzot-H7096manyרַבִּ֖יםra.BimH7227peopleעַמִּ֥ים'a.MimH5971,and hast sinnedוְחוֹטֵ֥אve.cho.Te'H2398againstthy soulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315.

11For the stoneאֶ֖בֶן'E.venH68shall cry outתִּזְעָ֑קtiz.'AkH2199of the wallמִקִּ֣ירmi.KirH7023,and the beam outוְכָפִ֖יסve.kha.FisH3714of the timberמֵעֵ֥ץme.'EtzH6086shall answerיַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פya.'a.Ne.nahH6030it.

12Woeה֛וֹיHoH1945to him that buildethבֹּנֶ֥הbo.NehH1129a townעִ֖יר'irH5892with bloodבְּדָמִ֑יםbe.da.MimH1818,and stablishethוְכוֹנֵ֥ןve.kho.NenH3559a cityקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151by iniquityבְּעַוְלָֽה׃be.'av.LahH5766!

13Behold, is itnot of the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of hostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635that the peopleעַמִּים֙'a.MimH5971shall labourוְיִֽיגְע֤וּve.yi.ge.'UH3021in the veryבְּדֵי־be.dei-H1767fireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784,and the peopleוּלְאֻמִּ֖יםu.le.'u.MimH3816shall wearyיִעָֽפוּ׃yi.'A.fuH3286themselves for veryבְּדֵי־be.dei-H1767vanityרִ֥יקrikH7385?

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