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Habakkuk 2:5-9

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!

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