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Habakkuk 2:2-8

2And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068answeredוַיַּעֲנֵ֤נִיvai.ya.'a.Ne.niH6030me, andsaidוַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Writeכְּת֣וֹבke.TovH3789thevisionחָז֔וֹןcha.ZonH2377, and make itplainוּבָאֵ֖רu.va.'ErH874upontabletsהַלֻּח֑וֹתha.lu.ChotH3871, that he mayrunיָר֖וּץya.RutzH7323thatreadethק֥וֹרֵאKo.re'H7121it.

3For thevisionחָזוֹן֙cha.zOnH2377is yet for an appointedtimeלַמּוֹעֵ֔דla.mo.'EdH4150, but at theendלַקֵּ֖ץla.KetzH7093it shallspeakוְיָפֵ֥חַve.ya.Fe.achH6315, and notlieיְכַזֵּ֑בye.kha.ZevH3576: though it maytarryיִתְמַהְמָהּ֙yit.mah.MahH4102,waitחַכֵּה־cha.keh-H2442for it; because it willsurelyבֹ֥אvo'H935comeיָבֹ֖אya.Vo'H935, it will nottarryיְאַחֵֽר׃ye.'a.CherH309.

4Behold, hissoulנַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.ShoH5315who is liftedupעֻפְּלָ֔ה'u.pe.LahH6075is notuprightיָשְׁרָ֥הya.she.RahH3474in him: but thejustוְצַדִּ֖יקve.tza.DikH6662shallliveיִחְיֶֽה׃yich.YehH2421by hisfaithבֶּאֱמוּנָת֥וֹbe.'e.mu.na.ToH530.

5Yea also, because hetransgressethבּוֹגֵ֔דbo.GedH898bywineהַיַּ֣יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196, he is aproudיָהִ֖ירya.HirH3093manגֶּ֥בֶרGe.verH1397, neither keepeth athomeיִנְוֶ֑הyin.VehH5115, whoenlargethהִרְחִ֨יבhir.ChivH7337hisdesireנַפְשׁ֗וֹnaf.ShoH5315ashellכִּשְׁא֜וֹלkish.'olH7585, and is asdeathכַמָּ֙וֶת֙kha.Ma.vetH4194, and cannot besatisfiedיִשְׂבָּ֔עyis.Ba'H7646, butgatherethוַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622to him allnationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471, andheapethוַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץvai.yik.BotzH6908to him allpeopleהָעַמִּֽים׃ha.'a.MimH5971:

6Shall not all these takeupיִשָּׂ֔אוּyi.Sa.'uH5375aparableמָשָׁ֣לma.ShalH4912against him, and atauntingוּמְלִיצָ֖הu.me.li.TzahH4426proverbחִיד֣וֹתchi.DotH2420against him, andsayוְיֹאמַ֗רve.yo.MarH559,Woeה֚וֹיHoH1945to him thatincreasethהַמַּרְבֶּ֣הha.mar.BehH7235that which is not his! how long? and to him thatladethוּמַכְבִּ֥ידu.makh.BidH3513himself with thickclayעַבְטִֽיט׃'av.TitH5671!

7Shall they notriseיָק֙וּמוּ֙ya.Ku.muH6965suddenlyפֶ֗תַעFe.ta'H6621that shallbiteנֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָno.she.Khei.khaH5391thee, andawakeוְיִקְצ֖וּve.yik.TzuH3364that shalloppressמְזַעְזְעֶ֑יךָme.za'.ze.'Ei.khaH2111thee, and thou shalt be forbootyלִמְשִׁסּ֖וֹתlim.shi.SotH4933to them?

8Because thou hast laidwasteשַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙sha.Lo.taH7997manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471, all theremnantיֶ֣תֶרYe.terH3499of thepeopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971shall lay theewasteיְשָׁלּ֖וּךָye.sha.Lu.khaH7997; because ofmen’sאָדָם֙'a.DamH120bloodמִדְּמֵ֤יmi.de.MeiH1818, and for theviolenceוַחֲמַס־va.cha.mas-H2555of thelandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, of thecityקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151, and of all thatdwellיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427in it.

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