Revised Version 1895

Habakkuk 1

1Theburdenהַמַּשָּׂא֙ha.ma.Sa'H4853whichH834Habakkukחֲבַקּ֖וּקcha.va.KukH2265theprophetהַנָּבִֽיא׃ha.na.Vi'H5030didH834seeחָזָ֔הcha.ZahH2372.

2OLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068,howאָ֧נָה'A.nahH575longעַד־'ad-H5704shall Icryאֶזְעַ֥ק'ez.'AkH2199, and thou wiltnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808hearתִשְׁמָ֑עtish.Ma'H8085? IcryH2199outH2199unto thee ofviolenceחָמָ֖סcha.MasH2555, and thou wiltnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808saveתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃to.Shi.a'H3467.

3Whyלָ֣מָּהLa.mahH4100dost thou shewmeH7200iniquityאָ֙וֶן֙'a.venH205, andlookH7200uponוַיְהִ֧יvay.HiH1961perverseness? for spoiling andviolenceוְחָמָ֖סve.cha.MasH2555arebeforeלְנֶגְדִּ֑יle.neg.DiH5048meH7200: and there isstrifeרִ֦יבrivH7379, andcontentionוּמָד֖וֹןu.ma.DonH4066risethupיִשָּֽׂא׃yi.Sa'H5375.

4Therefore thelawתּוֹרָ֔הto.RahH8451is slacked, andjudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941dothneverוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808goH3318forthיֵצֵ֥אye.Tze'H3318: for thewickedרָשָׁע֙ra.Sha'H7563doth compassaboutH5921therighteousהַצַּדִּ֔יקha.tza.DikH6662; thereforejudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941goethforthיֵצֵ֥אye.Tze'H3318pervertedמְעֻקָּֽל׃me.'u.KalH6127.

5BeholdH7200ye among thenationsבַגּוֹיִם֙va.go.YimH1471, andregardH7200, andwonderH8539marvelously: for IworkH6467aworkH6467in yourdaysבִּֽימֵיכֶ֔םbi.mei.KhemH3117,whichH1471ye willnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808believeתַאֲמִ֖ינוּta.'a.Mi.nuH539thoughכִּי־ki-H3588it betoldיְסֻפָּֽר׃ye.su.ParH5608youכִּ֥יkiH3588.

6For,loהִנְנִ֤יhi.NiH2005, Iraiseמֵקִים֙me.KimH6965upH6965theChaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha.kas.DimH3778, thatbitterהַמַּ֣רha.MarH4751andhastyוְהַנִּמְהָ֑רve.ha.nim.HarH4116nationהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471;whichH1471marchH1980throughH1980the breadth of theearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, topossessלָרֶ֖שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423dwellingH4908placesH4908that arenotלֹּא־lo'-H3808theirs.

7They are terrible and dreadful: theirjudgmentמִשְׁפָּט֥וֹmish.pa.ToH4941and theirdignityוּשְׂאֵת֖וֹu.se.'e.ToH7613proceedיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318from themselves.

8Theirhorsesסוּסָ֗יוsu.SavH5483also areswifterוְקַלּ֨וּve.ka.LuH7043thanleopardsמִנְּמֵרִ֜יםmi.ne.me.RimH5246, and are more fierce than theeveningעֶ֔רֶב'E.revH6153wolvesמִזְּאֵ֣בֵיmi.ze.'E.veiH2061; and theirhorsemenפָּֽרָשָׁ֑יוpa.ra.ShavH6571spread themselves: yea, theirhorsemenוּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙u.fa.ra.ShavH6571comeיָבֹ֔אוּya.Vo.'uH935fromfarמֵרָח֣וֹקme.ra.ChokH7350; theyflyיָעֻ֕פוּya.'U.fuH5774as aneagleכְּנֶ֖שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404that hasteth todevourלֶאֱכֽוֹל׃le.'e.KholH398.

9TheycomeH935allכֻּלֹּה֙ku.LohH3605of them forviolenceלְחָמָ֣סle.cha.MasH2555; theirfacesפְּנֵיהֶ֖םpe.nei.HemH6440aresetH935eagerly as theeastקָדִ֑ימָהka.Di.mahH6921windH6921; and theygatherוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622captivesשֶֽׁבִי׃She.viH7628as thesandכַּח֖וֹלka.CholH2344.

10Yea, he scoffeth atkingsבַּמְּלָכִ֣יםba.me.la.KhimH4428, and princes are a derision unto him: he deridetheveryלְכָל־le.kholH3605strongholdיִשְׂחָ֔קyis.ChakH7832; for he heapethupוַיִּצְבֹּ֥רvai.yitz.BorH6651dustעָפָ֖ר'a.FarH6083, and taketh it.

11Then shall hesweepחָלַ֥ףcha.LafH2498by as awindר֛וּחַRu.achH7307, and shallpassוַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674over, and beguiltyוְאָשֵׁ֑םve.'a.ShemH816: even hewhoseז֥וּzuH2098might is hisgodH430.

12Artnotהֲל֧וֹאha.Lo'H3808thou from everlasting, OLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068myGodאֱלֹהַ֛י'e.lo.HaiH430, mineHolyקְדֹשִׁ֖יke.do.ShiH6918One?weH4191shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808dieנָמ֑וּתna.MutH4191. OLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, thou hastordainedשַׂמְתּ֔וֹsam.ToH7760him forjudgmentלְמִשְׁפָּ֣טle.mish.PatH4941; and thou, ORockוְצ֖וּרve.TzurH6697, hastestablishedיְסַדְתּֽוֹ׃ye.sad.ToH3245him for correction.

13Thou that art of purereyesעֵינַ֙יִם֙'ei.Na.yimH5869thanH4480tobeholdH7200evilרָ֔עRa'H7451, and that canstnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808lookH7200on perverseness, wherefore lookest thouuponאֶל־'el-H413them thatdealH898treacherouslyH898, and holdest thy peace when thewickedרָשָׁ֖עra.Sha'H7563swallowethupH7200themanH7563that ismoreמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480righteousצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662thanH4480he;

14and makestmenאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120as the fishes of theseaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220, as thecreepingכְּרֶ֖מֶשׂke.Re.mesH7431things, that havenoלֹא־lo'-H3808rulerמֹשֵׁ֥לmo.ShelH4910over them?

15He takethupהֵֽעֲלָ֔הhe.'a.LahH5927allכֻּלֹּה֙ku.LohH3605of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in hisdragיְגֹרֵ֣הוּye.go.Re.huH1641: therefore he rejoiceth and isgladיִשְׂמַ֥חyis.MachH8055.

16Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burnethincenseוִֽיקַטֵּ֖רvi.ka.TerH6999unto his drag;becauseכִּ֤יkiH3588by them hisportionחֶלְק֔וֹchel.KoH2506isfatבְּרִאָֽה׃be.ri.'AhH1277, and his meat plenteous.

17Shall he therefore empty his net, andnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808spareיַחְמֽוֹל׃ סyach.MolH2550toslayלַהֲרֹ֥גla.ha.RogH2026thenationsגּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471continuallyוְתָמִ֛ידve.ta.MidH8548?

Commentaries on Habakkuk 1

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