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Habakkuk 2:5-9

5Furthermoreוְאַף֙ve.'AfH637,wineהַיַּ֣יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196betraysבּוֹגֵ֔דbo.GedH898anarrogantיָהִ֖ירya.HirH3093manגֶּ֥בֶרGe.verH1397, So that he does notachieveH5115his objectiveH5115. Heenlargesהִרְחִ֨יבhir.ChivH7337his appetiteנַפְשׁ֗וֹnaf.ShoH5315like Sheolכִּשְׁא֜וֹלkish.'olH7585,And he is like deathכַמָּ֙וֶת֙kha.Ma.vetH4194,neverH3808satisfiedיִשְׂבָּ֔עyis.Ba'H7646.He also gathersוַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622to himself allכָּל־kol-H3605the nationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471And collectsH622to himself allכָּל־kol-H3605the peoplesהָעַמִּֽים׃ha.'a.MimH5971.

6“Will allכֻלָּ֗םkhu.LamH3605of theseאֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehH428nottakeH5375upH5375a songH4912ofH4912ridiculeH4912againstH5921him,Even a sayingוּמְלִיצָ֖הu.me.li.TzahH4426andinsinuationsחִיד֣וֹתchi.DotH2420against himAnd sayוְיֹאמַ֗רve.yo.MarH559, ‘Woeה֚וֹיHoH1945to him who increasesהַמַּרְבֶּ֣הha.mar.BehH7235what is not his--For howH4970longעַד־'ad-H5704 H4970--And makesH3513himselfrichH3513with debtsעַבְטִֽיט׃'av.TitH5671!’

7Willyour creditorsנֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָno.she.Khei.khaH5391notriseH6965upH6965suddenlyפֶ֗תַעFe.ta'H6621, And those whocollectמְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָme.za'.ze.'Ei.khaH2111from you awakenוְיִקְצ֖וּve.yik.TzuH3364?Indeed, you will becomeוְהָיִ֥יתָve.ha.Yi.taH1961plunderלִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹתlim.shi.SotH4933for them.

8SinceכִּֽיkiH3588you havelootedשַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙sha.Lo.taH7997manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471,Allכָּל־kol-H3605the restיֶ֣תֶרYe.terH3499of the peoplesעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971will lootיְשָׁלּ֖וּךָye.sha.Lu.khaH7997you--BecauseH4480of humanאָדָם֙'a.DamH120bloodshedמִדְּמֵ֤יmi.de.MeiH1818and violenceוַחֲמַס־va.cha.mas-H2555done to the landאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,To the townקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151and allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605its inhabitantsיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427.

9“Woeה֗וֹיHoH1945to him who makesבֹּצֵ֛עַbo.Tze.a'H1214evilרָ֖עra'H7451profitבֶּ֥צַעBe.tza'H1215for his householdלְבֵית֑וֹle.vei.ToH1004, Toputלָשׂ֤וּםla.SumH7760his nestקִנּ֔וֹki.NoH7064on highבַּמָּרוֹם֙ba.ma.rOmH4791,To be savedלְהִנָּצֵ֖לle.hi.na.TzelH5337from the handמִכַּף־mi.kaf-H3709of catastropheרָֽע׃Ra'H7451!

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