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Habakkuk 1:5-10

5“Lookרְא֤וּre.'UH7200among the nationsבַגּוֹיִם֙va.go.YimH1471!Watchוְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּve.ha.Bi.tuH5027!BeH8539horrifiedH8539!BeH8539frightenedH8539speechlessH8539! For I amaccomplishingפֹּעֵ֣לpo.'ElH6466a workפֹ֙עַל֙fo.'alH6467in your daysבִּֽימֵיכֶ֔םbi.mei.KhemH3117--You would not believeתַאֲמִ֖ינוּta.'a.Mi.nuH539it evenifH3588you were toldיְסֻפָּֽר׃ye.su.ParH5608!

6For beholdH2009, I amraisingמֵקִים֙me.KimH6965upH6965the Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha.kas.DimH3778, Thatgrimהַמַּ֣רha.MarH4751and impetuousוְהַנִּמְהָ֑רve.ha.nim.HarH4116peopleהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471Who marchהַֽהוֹלֵךְ֙ha.ho.leKhH1980throughoutלְמֶרְחֲבֵי־le.mer.cha.vei-H4800the earthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, Totakeלָרֶ֖שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423possessionH3423of dwellingH4908placesH4908that are not theirs.

7They are terrifyingאָיֹ֥ם'a.YomH366andfearedוְנוֹרָ֖אve.no.Ra'H3372; Theirjusticeמִשְׁפָּט֥וֹmish.pa.ToH4941andauthorityוּשְׂאֵת֖וֹu.se.'e.ToH7613originateיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318with themselves.

8Theirhorsesסוּסָ֗יוsu.SavH5483areH7043fasterH7043thanH4480leopardsמִנְּמֵרִ֜יםmi.ne.me.RimH5246,And quickerוְחַדּוּ֙ve.cha.DuH2300thanH4480wolvesמִזְּאֵ֣בֵיmi.ze.'E.veiH2061in the eveningעֶ֔רֶב'E.revH6153. Theirhorsemenפָּֽרָשָׁ֑יוpa.ra.ShavH6571chargeH6335alongH6335, Theirhorsemenוּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙u.fa.ra.ShavH6571comeיָבֹ֔אוּya.Vo.'uH935from afarמֵרָח֣וֹקme.ra.ChokH7350;They flyיָעֻ֕פוּya.'U.fuH5774like aneagleכְּנֶ֖שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404swoopingH2363downH2363to devourלֶאֱכֽוֹל׃le.'e.KholH398.

9Allכֻּלֹּה֙ku.LohH3605of them comeיָב֔וֹאya.Vo'H935for violenceלְחָמָ֣סle.cha.MasH2555.Their hordeמְגַמַּ֥תme.ga.MatH4041offacesפְּנֵיהֶ֖םpe.nei.HemH6440movesH6923forwardH6923.They gatherוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622captivesשֶֽׁבִי׃She.viH7628like sandכַּח֖וֹלka.CholH2344.

10TheymakeH7046funH7046of kingsבַּמְּלָכִ֣יםba.me.la.KhimH4428,And dignitariesוְרֹזְנִ֖יםve.ro.ze.NimH7336are an object oflaughterמִשְׂחָ֣קmis.ChakH4890to them. Theylaughיִשְׂחָ֔קyis.ChakH7832at everyלְכָל־le.kholH3605fortressמִבְצָ֣רmiv.TzarH4013, Thenheapוַיִּצְבֹּ֥רvai.yitz.BorH6651upH6651dirtעָפָ֖ר'a.FarH6083andcaptureוַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃Vai.yil.ke.DahH3920it.

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