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Habakkuk 1:13-17

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?

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