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Habakkuk 1:5-11

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.

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