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Habakkuk 2:5-13

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.

9Woeה֗וֹיHoH1945to him thatcovetethבֹּצֵ֛עַbo.Tze.a'H1214anevilרָ֖עra'H7451covetousnessבֶּ֥צַעBe.tza'H1215to hishouseלְבֵית֑וֹle.vei.ToH1004, that he maysetלָשׂ֤וּםla.SumH7760hisnestקִנּ֔וֹki.NoH7064onhighבַּמָּרוֹם֙ba.ma.rOmH4791, that he may bedeliveredלְהִנָּצֵ֖לle.hi.na.TzelH5337from thepowerמִכַּף־mi.kaf-H3709ofevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451!

10ThougavestH3289shamefulבֹּ֖שֶׁתBo.shetH1322counselH3289to thyhouseלְבֵיתֶ֑ךָle.vei.Te.khaH1004by cuttingoffקְצוֹת־ke.tzot-H7096manyרַבִּ֖יםra.BimH7227peopleעַמִּ֥ים'a.MimH5971, and hastsinnedוְחוֹטֵ֥אve.cho.Te'H2398against thysoulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315.

11For thestoneאֶ֖בֶן'E.venH68shall cryoutתִּזְעָ֑קtiz.'AkH2199of thewallמִקִּ֣ירmi.KirH7023, and the beamoutוְכָפִ֖יסve.kha.FisH3714of thetimberמֵעֵ֥ץme.'EtzH6086shallanswerיַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פya.'a.Ne.nahH6030it.

12Woeה֛וֹיHoH1945to him thatbuildethבֹּנֶ֥הbo.NehH1129atownעִ֖יר'irH5892withbloodבְּדָמִ֑יםbe.da.MimH1818, andestablishethוְכוֹנֵ֥ןve.kho.NenH3559acityקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151byiniquityבְּעַוְלָֽה׃be.'av.LahH5766!

13Behold, is it not from theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635that thepeopleעַמִּים֙'a.MimH5971shalllabourוְיִֽיגְע֤וּve.yi.ge.'UH3021onlyforבְּדֵי־be.dei-H1767fireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784, and thepeopleוּלְאֻמִּ֖יםu.le.'u.MimH3816shallwearyיִעָֽפוּ׃yi.'A.fuH3286themselves fornothingבְּדֵי־ רִ֥יקbe.dei- rikH1767 H7385?

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