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Habakkuk 1:13-17

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?

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