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Habakkuk 1

1Theburdenהַמַּשָּׂא֙ha.ma.Sa'H4853whichHabakkukחֲבַקּ֖וּקcha.va.KukH2265theprophetהַנָּבִֽיא׃ha.na.Vi'H5030sawחָזָ֔הcha.ZahH2372.

2OLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068, how long shall Icryשִׁוַּ֖עְתִּיshi.Va'.tiH7768, and thou wilt nothearתִשְׁמָ֑עtish.Ma'H8085! even cryoutאֶזְעַ֥ק'ez.'AkH2199to thee ofviolenceחָמָ֖סcha.MasH2555, and thou wilt notsaveתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃to.Shi.a'H3467!

3Why dost thoushowתַרְאֵ֤נִיtar.'E.niH7200meiniquityאָ֙וֶן֙'a.venH205, and cause me tobeholdתַּבִּ֔יטta.BitH5027grievanceוְעָמָ֣לve.'a.MalH5999? forplunderingוְשֹׁ֥דve.ShodH7701andviolenceוְחָמָ֖סve.cha.MasH2555are before me: and there are thatraiseיִשָּֽׂא׃yi.Sa'H5375strifeרִ֦יבrivH7379andcontentionוּמָד֖וֹןu.ma.DonH4066.

4Therefore thelawתּוֹרָ֔הto.RahH8451isfeebleתָּפ֣וּגta.FugH6313, andjudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941dothneverלָנֶ֖צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331goforthיֵצֵ֥אye.Tze'H3318: for thewickedרָשָׁע֙ra.Sha'H7563dothsurroundמַכְתִּ֣ירmakh.TirH3803therighteousהַצַּדִּ֔יקha.tza.DikH6662; thereforejudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941goethforthיֵצֵ֥אye.Tze'H3318pervertedמְעֻקָּֽל׃me.'u.KalH6127

5Beholdרְא֤וּre.'UH7200ye among theheathenבַגּוֹיִם֙va.go.YimH1471, andregardוְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּve.ha.Bi.tuH5027, andwonderוְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּve.hit.ta.me.HuH8539marvellouslyתְּמָ֑הוּte.Ma.huH8539: for I willworkפֹּעֵ֣לpo.'ElH6466aworkפֹ֙עַל֙fo.'alH6467in yourdaysבִּֽימֵיכֶ֔םbi.mei.KhemH3117, which ye will notbelieveתַאֲמִ֖ינוּta.'a.Mi.nuH539, though it betoldיְסֻפָּֽר׃ye.su.ParH5608you .

6For, lo, I raiseupמֵקִים֙me.KimH6965theChaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha.kas.DimH3778, thatbitterהַמַּ֣רha.MarH4751andhastyוְהַנִּמְהָ֑רve.ha.nim.HarH4116nationהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471, which shallmarchהַֽהוֹלֵךְ֙ha.ho.leKhH1980through thebreadthלְמֶרְחֲבֵי־le.mer.cha.vei-H4800of thelandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, topossessלָרֶ֖שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423thedwellingplacesמִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹתmish.ka.NotH4908that are not theirs.

7They areterribleאָיֹ֥ם'a.YomH366anddreadfulוְנוֹרָ֖אve.no.Ra'H3372: theirjudgmentמִשְׁפָּט֥וֹmish.pa.ToH4941and theirdignityוּשְׂאֵת֖וֹu.se.'e.ToH7613shallproceedיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318from themselves.

8Theirhorsesסוּסָ֗יוsu.SavH5483also areswifterוְקַלּ֨וּve.ka.LuH7043than theleopardsמִנְּמֵרִ֜יםmi.ne.me.RimH5246, and are morefierceוְחַדּוּ֙ve.cha.DuH2300than theeveningעֶ֔רֶב'E.revH6153wolvesמִזְּאֵ֣בֵיmi.ze.'E.veiH2061: and theirhorsemenפָּֽרָשָׁ֑יוpa.ra.ShavH6571shallspreadוּפָ֖שׁוּu.Fa.shuH6335themselves, and theirhorsemenוּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙u.fa.ra.ShavH6571shallcomeיָבֹ֔אוּya.Vo.'uH935fromfarמֵרָח֣וֹקme.ra.ChokH7350; they shallflyיָעֻ֕פוּya.'U.fuH5774as theeagleכְּנֶ֖שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404thathastethחָ֥שׁchashH2363toeatלֶאֱכֽוֹל׃le.'e.KholH398.

9They shallcomeיָב֔וֹאya.Vo'H935all forviolenceלְחָמָ֣סle.cha.MasH2555: theirfacesפְּנֵיהֶ֖םpe.nei.HemH6440shall supupמְגַמַּ֥תme.ga.MatH4041as the eastwindקָדִ֑ימָהka.Di.mahH6921, and they shallgatherוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622thecaptivesשֶֽׁבִי׃She.viH7628as thesandכַּח֖וֹלka.CholH2344.

10And they shallscoffיִתְקַלָּ֔סyit.ka.LasH7046at thekingsבַּמְּלָכִ֣יםba.me.la.KhimH4428, and theprincesוְרֹזְנִ֖יםve.ro.ze.NimH7336shall be ascornמִשְׂחָ֣קmis.ChakH4890to them: they shall laughatיִשְׂחָ֔קyis.ChakH7832every strongholdמִבְצָ֣רmiv.TzarH4013; for they shallheapוַיִּצְבֹּ֥רvai.yitz.BorH6651dustעָפָ֖ר'a.FarH6083, andtakeוַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃Vai.yil.ke.DahH3920it.

11Then shall hismindר֛וּחַRu.achH7307changeחָלַ֥ףcha.LafH2498, and he shall passoverוַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674, andoffendוְאָשֵׁ֑םve.'a.ShemH816, imputingthisז֥וּzuH2098hispowerכֹח֖וֹkho.ChoH3581to hisgodלֵאלֹהֽוֹ׃le.lo.HoH433.

12Art thou not fromeverlastingמִקֶּ֗דֶםmi.Ke.demH6924, OLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068myGodאֱלֹהַ֛י'e.lo.HaiH430, my HolyOneקְדֹשִׁ֖יke.do.ShiH6918? we shall notdieנָמ֑וּתna.MutH4191. OLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, thou hastordainedשַׂמְתּ֔וֹsam.ToH7760them forjudgmentלְמִשְׁפָּ֣טle.mish.PatH4941; and, O mightyGodוְצ֖וּרve.TzurH6697, thou hastestablishedיְסַדְתּֽוֹ׃ye.sad.ToH3245them forcorrectionלְהוֹכִ֥יחַle.ho.Khi.achH3198.

13Thou art ofpurerH2889eyesעֵינַ֙יִם֙'ei.Na.yimH5869than tobeholdמֵרְא֣וֹתme.re.'otH7200evilרָ֔עRa'H7451, andcanstתוּכָ֑לtu.KhalH3201notlookוְהַבִּ֥יטve.ha.BitH5027oniniquityעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999: whylookestתַבִּיט֙ta.BitH5027thou on them that dealtreacherouslyבּֽוֹגְדִ֔יםbog.DimH898, and keepestsilenceתַּחֲרִ֕ישׁta.cha.RishH2790when thewickedרָשָׁ֖עra.Sha'H7563devourethבְּבַלַּ֥עbe.va.La'H1104the man that is morerighteousצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662than he?

14Andmakestוַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥הva.ta.'a.SehH6213menאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120as thefishesכִּדְגֵ֣יkid.GeiH1709of theseaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220, as the creepingthingsכְּרֶ֖מֶשׂke.Re.mesH7431, that have norulerמֹשֵׁ֥לmo.ShelH4910over them?

15They takeupהֵֽעֲלָ֔הhe.'a.LahH5927all of them with thehookבְּחַכָּ֣הbe.cha.KahH2443, theycatchיְגֹרֵ֣הוּye.go.Re.huH1641them in theirnetבְחֶרְמ֔וֹve.cher.MoH2764, andgatherוְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּve.ya.'as.Fe.huH622them in theirdragבְּמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹbe.mikh.mar.ToH4365: therefore theyrejoiceיִשְׂמַ֥חyis.MachH8055and aregladוְיָגִֽיל׃ve.ya.GilH1523.

16Therefore theysacrificeיְזַבֵּ֣חַye.za.Be.achH2076to theirnetלְחֶרְמ֔וֹle.cher.MoH2764, and burnincenseוִֽיקַטֵּ֖רvi.ka.TerH6999to theirdragלְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹle.mikh.mar.ToH4365; because bythemH1992theirportionחֶלְק֔וֹchel.KoH2506isfatשָׁמֵ֣ןsha.MenH8082, and theirfoodוּמַאֲכָל֖וֹu.ma.'a.kha.LoH3978plenteousבְּרִאָֽה׃be.ri.'AhH1277.

17Shall they thereforeemptyיָרִ֣יקya.RikH7324theirnetחֶרְמ֑וֹcher.MoH2764, and notspareיַחְמֽוֹל׃ סyach.MolH2550continuallyוְתָמִ֛ידve.ta.MidH8548toslayלַהֲרֹ֥גla.ha.RogH2026thenationsגּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471?

Commentaries on Habakkuk 1

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