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Habakkuk 2:2-8

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.

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