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Haggai 1:2-9

2Thusspeakethאָמַ֛ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Thispeopleהָעָ֤םha.'AmH5971sayאָֽמְר֔וּ'a.me.RuH559, Thetimeעֶת־'et-H6256is notcomeבֹּ֛אbo'H935, thetimeעֶת־'et-H6256that theLORD’Sיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004should bebuiltלְהִבָּנֽוֹת׃ פle.hi.ba.NotH1129.

3Then came thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068byבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027Haggaiחַגַּ֥יcha.GaiH2292theprophetהַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'H5030,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

4Is ittimeהַעֵ֤תha.'EtH6256for you, O ye, todwellלָשֶׁ֖בֶתla.She.vetH3427in yourpanelledסְפוּנִ֑יםse.fu.NimH5603housesבְּבָתֵּיכֶ֣םbe.va.tei.KhemH1004, and thishouseוְהַבַּ֥יִתve.ha.Ba.yitH1004liewasteחָרֵֽב׃cha.RevH2720?

5Now therefore thussaithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635;Considerשִׂ֥ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֖םSi.mu le.vav.KhemH7760 H3824yourwaysדַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃dar.khei.KhemH1870.

6Ye havesownזְרַעְתֶּ֨םze.ra'.TemH2232muchהַרְבֵּ֜הhar.BehH7235, andbringוְהָבֵ֣אve.ha.Ve'H935inlittleמְעָ֗טme.'AtH4592; yeeatאָכ֤וֹל'a.KholH398, but ye have notenoughלְשָׂבְעָה֙le.sa.ve.'AhH7654; yedrinkשָׁת֣וֹsha.ToH8354, but ye are not filled withdrinkלְשָׁכְרָ֔הle.sha.khe.RahH7937; yeclotheלָב֖וֹשׁla.Vo.oshH3847yourselves, but there is nonewarmH2527; and he that earnethwagesוְהַ֨מִּשְׂתַּכֵּ֔רve.Ham.mis.ta.KerH7936earnethwagesמִשְׂתַּכֵּ֖רmis.ta.KerH7936to put it into abagצְר֥וֹרtze.RorH6872withholesנָקֽוּב׃ פna.KuvH5344.

7Thussaithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635;Considerשִׂ֥ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֖םSi.mu le.vav.KhemH7760 H3824yourwaysדַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃dar.khei.KhemH1870.

8Goupעֲל֥וּ'a.LuH5927to themountainהָהָ֛רha.HarH2022, andbringוַהֲבֵאתֶ֥םva.ha.ve.TemH935woodעֵ֖ץ'etzH6086, andbuildוּבְנ֣וּu.ve.NuH1129thehouseהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004; and I will takepleasureוְאֶרְצֶה־ve.'er.tzeh-H7521in it, and I will beglorifiedוְאֶכָּבְדָ֖הve.'e.ka.vedH3513,saithאָמַ֥ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

9Yelookedפָּנֹ֤הpa.NohH6437formuchהַרְבֵּה֙har.BehH7235, and, lo, it came tolittleלִמְעָ֔טlim.'AtH4592; and when yebroughtוַהֲבֵאתֶ֥םva.ha.ve.TemH935ithomeהַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitH1004, I didblowוְנָפַ֣חְתִּיve.na.Fach.tiH5301upon it. Why?saithנְאֻם֙ne.'UmH5002theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635.BecauseH3282of myhouseבֵּיתִי֙bei.TiH1004that iswasteחָרֵ֔בcha.RevH2720, and yerunרָצִ֖יםra.TzimH7323everymanאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376to his ownhouseלְבֵיתֽוֹ׃le.vei.ToH1004.

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