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Habakkuk 1:6-13

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?

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