Revised Version 1895

Habakkuk 2

1I WILLstandאֶעֱמֹ֔דָה'e.'e.Mo.dahH5975uponH5921mywatchוַאֲצַפֶּ֗הva.'a.tza.PehH6822, andsetH5975meH7725uponH5921the tower, and willlookH7200forthוְאֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖הve.'et.ya.tze.VahH3320toseeלִרְאוֹת֙lir.'OtH7200whatמַה־mah-H4100he willspeakיְדַבֶּר־ye.da.ber-H1696withmeH7725, andwhatוּמָ֥הu.MahH4100I shallanswerH7725concerning my complaint.

2And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068answeredH559meH5921, andsaidH559,Writeכְּת֣וֹבke.TovH3789thevisionחָז֔וֹןcha.ZonH2377, andmakeק֥וֹרֵאKo.re'H7121it plainuponH5921tables, that he mayrunיָר֖וּץya.RutzH7323that readeth it.

3For thevisionחָזוֹן֙cha.zOnH2377is yet for theappointedלַמּוֹעֵ֔דla.mo.'EdH4150time, and it hastethtowardבֹ֥אvo'H935theendלַקֵּ֖ץla.KetzH7093, and shallnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808lieיְכַזֵּ֑בye.kha.ZevH3576:thoughH3588ittarryH309,waitחַכֵּה־cha.keh-H2442for it;becauseH3588it willsurelyH3588comeיָבֹ֖אya.Vo'H935, it willnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808delayיְאַחֵֽר׃ye.'a.CherH309.

4Beholdהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009, hissoulנַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.ShoH5315is puffedupH6662, it isnotלֹא־lo'-H3808upright in him: but thejustH6662shallliveיִחְיֶֽה׃yich.YehH2421by hisfaithבֶּאֱמוּנָת֥וֹbe.'e.mu.na.ToH530.

5Yeaכִּֽי־ki-H3588,moreoverוְאַף֙ve.'AfH637,wineהַיַּ֣יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196is atreacherousבּוֹגֵ֔דbo.GedH898dealer, ahaughtyיָהִ֖ירya.HirH3093manגֶּ֥בֶרGe.verH1397, and that keepethnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808at home; who enlargeth hisdesireנַפְשׁ֗וֹnaf.ShoH5315as hell, and he is asdeathכַמָּ֙וֶת֙kha.Ma.vetH4194, andcannotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808besatisfiedיִשְׂבָּ֔עyis.Ba'H7646, but gathereth unto himallכָּל־kol-H3605nationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471, and heapeth unto himallכָּל־kol-H3605peoplesהָעַמִּֽים׃ha.'a.MimH5971.

6Shallnotהֲלוֹא־ha.lo'-H3808allכֻלָּ֗םkhu.LamH3605theseH428takeH5375upH5375aparableH4912againstעָלָיו֙'a.LavH5921him, and a tauntingproverbH4912againstעָלָ֖יו'a.LavH5921him, andsayוְיֹאמַ֗רve.yo.MarH559,Woeה֚וֹיHoH1945to him that increaseth thatwhichH428isnotלֹּא־lo'-H3808his!howמָתַ֕יma.TaiH4970longעַד־'ad-H5704? and that ladethhimselfוּמַכְבִּ֥ידu.makh.BidH3513with pledges!

7Shall theynotהֲל֣וֹאha.Lo'H3808riseH6965upH6965suddenlyפֶ֗תַעFe.ta'H6621that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

8BecauseH3588thou hast spoiledmanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471,allH3605the remnant of thepeoplesעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971shall spoil thee;becauseH3588ofmen’sאָדָם֙'a.DamH120bloodמִדְּמֵ֤יmi.de.MeiH1818, and for theviolenceוַחֲמַס־va.cha.mas-H2555doneH3605to thelandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, to thecityקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151and toallH3605thatdwellיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427therein.

9Woeה֗וֹיHoH1945to him that getteth anevilרָ֖עra'H7451gainבֶּ֥צַעBe.tza'H1215for hishouseלְבֵית֑וֹle.vei.ToH1004, that he maysetלָשׂ֤וּםla.SumH7760hisnestקִנּ֔וֹki.NoH7064onhighבַּמָּרוֹם֙ba.ma.rOmH4791, that he may bedeliveredלְהִנָּצֵ֖לle.hi.na.TzelH5337from thehandמִכַּף־mi.kaf-H3709ofevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451!

10Thou hastconsultedיָעַ֥צְתָּya.'Atz.taH3289shameבֹּ֖שֶׁתBo.shetH1322to thyhouseלְבֵיתֶ֑ךָle.vei.Te.khaH1004, bycuttingH7096offH7096manyרַבִּ֖יםra.BimH7227peoplesעַמִּ֥ים'a.MimH5971, and hastsinnedH2398againstH2398thysoulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315.

11For thestoneאֶ֖בֶן'E.venH68shallcryתִּזְעָ֑קtiz.'AkH2199outH2199of thewallמִקִּ֣ירmi.KirH7023, and the beamoutH2199of thetimberמֵעֵ֥ץme.'EtzH6086shallanswerיַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פya.'a.Ne.nahH6030it.

12Woeה֛וֹיHoH1945to him that buildeth atownקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151withbloodבְּדָמִ֑יםbe.da.MimH1818, and stablisheth acityעִ֖יר'irH5892byiniquityבְּעַוְלָֽה׃be.'av.LahH5766!

13Beholdהִנֵּ֔הhi.NehH2009, is itnotהֲל֣וֹאha.Lo'H3808of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635that thepeoplesH5971labour for thefireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784, and thenationsH5971wearyוְיִֽיגְע֤וּve.yi.ge.'UH3021themselves for vanity?

14For theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776shall befilledתִּמָּלֵ֣אti.ma.Le'H4390with theknowledgeלָדַ֖עַתla.Da.'atH3045of thegloryכְּב֣וֹדke.VodH3519of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, as thewatersכַּמַּ֖יִםka.Ma.yimH4325coverיְכַסּ֥וּye.kha.SuH3680theseaיָֽם׃ סYamH3220.

15Woeה֚וֹיHoH1945unto him that giveth his neighbourdrinkמַשְׁקֵ֣הmash.KehH8248, that addest thy venom thereto, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayestlookהַבִּ֖יטha.BitH5027on theirnakednessמְעוֹרֵיהֶֽם׃me.'o.rei.HemH4589!

16Thou artfilledשָׂבַ֤עְתָּsa.Va'.taH7646withshameקָלוֹן֙ka.lOnH7036forgloryמִכָּב֔וֹדmi.ka.VodH3519:drinkשְׁתֵ֥הshe.TehH8354thou also, and be as one uncircumcised: thecupכּ֚וֹסKosH3563of theLORD’Sיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068rightיְמִ֣יןye.MinH3225handH3225shall beturnedתִּסּ֣וֹבti.SovH5437unto thee, and foulshameH7036shall beuponH5921thygloryכְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃ke.vo.De.khaH3519.

17For theviolenceחֲמַ֤סcha.MasH2555doneH3605toLebanonלְבָנוֹן֙le.va.nOnH3844shallcoverיְכַסֶּ֔ךָּye.kha.Se.kaH3680thee, and thedestructionוְשֹׁ֥דve.ShodH7701of thebeastsH929,whichH929madeH3605them afraid;becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588ofmen’sאָדָם֙'a.DamH120bloodמִדְּמֵ֤יmi.de.MeiH1818, and for theviolenceוַחֲמַס־va.cha.mas-H2555doneH3605to thelandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, to thecityקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151and toallH3605thatdwellיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427therein.

18Whatמָֽה־mah-H4100profiteth thegravenH6459imageפֶּ֗סֶלPe.selH6459, that themakerיֹֽצְר֔וֹyo.tze.RoH3335thereof hathgravenH6459it; the moltenimageH6459, and theteacherוּמ֣וֹרֶהu.Mo.rehH3384ofliesשָּׁ֑קֶרSha.kerH8267, that themakerיֹצֵ֤רyo.TzerH3335of his work trusteth therein, tomakeלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213dumbidolsאֱלִילִ֥ים'e.li.LimH457?

19Woeה֣וֹיHoH1945unto him that saith to thewoodלָעֵץ֙la.'EtzH6086,Awakeע֖וּרִי'U.riH5782; to the dumbstoneלְאֶ֣בֶןle.'E.venH68,AriseH5782! Shall thisteachיוֹרֶ֔הyo.RehH3384?Beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009, it islaidH3384over withgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכֶ֔סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701, and there isnoאֵ֥ין'einH369breathר֖וּחַRu.achH7307atallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605in themidstבְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃be.kir.BoH7130of it.

20But theLORDוַֽיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehH3068is in hisholyקָדְשׁ֑וֹka.de.ShoH6944templeבְּהֵיכַ֣לbe.hei.KhalH1964: letallכָּל־kol-H3605theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ פha.'A.retzH776keepH2013silenceH2013beforeמִפָּנָ֖יוmi.pa.NavH6440him.

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