Habakkuk 2
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- 1I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
- עַל־
- עַל'al-atH5921A
- מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣י
- אֶעֱמֹ֔דָה
- אֶעֱמֹ֔דָה'e.'e.Mo.dahI will standH5975G
- וְאֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖ה
- עַל־
- עַל'al-onH5921A
- מָצ֑וֹר
- מָצ֑וֹרma.Tzor[the] fortificationH4692
- וַאֲצַפֶּ֗ה
- לִרְאוֹת֙
- מַה־
- מַהmah-what?H4100
- יְדַבֶּר־
- יְדַבֶּרye.da.ber-will he speakH1696G
- בִּ֔י
- וּמָ֥ה
- אָשִׁ֖יב
- אָשִׁ֖יב'a.Shivwill I bring backH7725M
- עַל־
- עַל'al-onH5921A
- תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃
- עַל־
- 2Yahweh answered me, "Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
- 3For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay.
- כִּ֣י
- כִּ֣יkiforH3588A
- ע֤וֹד
- ע֤וֹדodstillH5750
- חָזוֹן֙
- חָזוֹן֙cha.zOn[the] visionH2377
- לַמּוֹעֵ֔ד
- וְיָפֵ֥חַ
- לַקֵּ֖ץ
- וְלֹ֣א
- יְכַזֵּ֑ב
- יְכַזֵּ֑בye.kha.Zevit will lieH3576
- אִם־
- אִם'im-ifH0518A
- יִתְמַהְמָהּ֙
- יִתְמַהְמָהּ֙yit.mah.Mahit will delayH4102
- חַכֵּה־
- חַכֵּהcha.keh-waitH2442
- ל֔וֹ
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-forH3588A
- בֹ֥א
- בֹ֥אvo'surely <come>H0935M
- יָבֹ֖א
- יָבֹ֖אya.Vo'it will comeH0935M
- לֹ֥א
- לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
- יְאַחֵֽר׃
- יְאַחֵֽרye.'a.Cherit will delayH0309
- כִּ֣י
- 4Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
- 5Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.
- וְאַף֙
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-forH3588A
- הַיַּ֣יִן
- בּוֹגֵ֔ד
- בּוֹגֵ֔דbo.Ged[is] treacherousH0898
- גֶּ֥בֶר
- גֶּ֥בֶרGe.vera manH1397
- יָהִ֖יר
- יָהִ֖ירya.HirarrogantH3093
- וְלֹ֣א
- יִנְוֶ֑ה
- יִנְוֶ֑הyin.Vehhe stays at homeH5115B
- אֲשֶׁר֩
- אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhoH0834A
- הִרְחִ֨יב
- הִרְחִ֨יבhir.Chivhe has made largeH7337
- כִּשְׁא֜וֹל
- נַפְשׁ֗וֹ
- וְה֤וּא
- כַמָּ֙וֶת֙
- וְלֹ֣א
- יִשְׂבָּ֔ע
- יִשְׂבָּ֔עyis.Ba'he is satisfiedH7646
- וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף
- אֵלָיו֙
- כָּל־
- כָּלkol-allH3605
- הַגּוֹיִ֔ם
- וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ
- אֵלָ֖יו
- כָּל־
- כָּלkol-allH3605
- הָעַמִּֽים׃
- 6Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'
- הֲלוֹא־
- אֵ֣לֶּה
- אֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehthese [nations]H0428
- כֻלָּ֗ם
- עָלָיו֙
- מָשָׁ֣ל
- מָשָׁ֣לma.Shala sayingH4912
- יִשָּׂ֔אוּ
- יִשָּׂ֔אוּyi.Sa.'uwill they lift upH5375N
- וּמְלִיצָ֖ה
- חִיד֣וֹת
- חִיד֣וֹתchi.DotriddlesH2420
- ל֑וֹ
- וְיֹאמַ֗ר
- ה֚וֹי
- ה֚וֹיHowoe to!H1945
- הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה
- לֹּא־
- לֹּאlo'-[that which] notH3808
- ל֔וֹ
- עַד־
- עַד'ad-untilH5704
- מָתַ֕י
- מָתַ֕יma.Taiwhen?H4970
- וּמַכְבִּ֥יד
- עָלָ֖יו
- עַבְטִֽיט׃
- עַבְטִֽיט'av.Titpledge[s]H5671
- 7Won't your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?
- 8Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.
- כִּֽי
- כִּֽיkiforH3588A
- אַתָּ֤ה
- אַתָּ֤ה'a.TahyouH0859A
- שַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙
- שַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙sha.Lo.tayou have plunderedH7997B
- גּוֹיִ֣ם
- גּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimnationsH1471A
- רַבִּ֔ים
- רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227A
- יְשָׁלּ֖וּךָ
- כָּל־
- כָּלkol-allH3605
- יֶ֣תֶר
- יֶ֣תֶרYe.ter[the] rest ofH3499A
- עַמִּ֑ים
- עַמִּ֑ים'a.Mim[the] peoplesH5971A
- מִדְּמֵ֤י
- אָדָם֙
- אָדָם֙'a.DamhumankindH0120G
- וַחֲמַס־
- אֶ֔רֶץ
- אֶ֔רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH0776G
- קִרְיָ֖ה
- קִרְיָ֖הkir.Yah[the] townH7151
- וְכָל־
- יֹ֥שְׁבֵי
- יֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.vei[those who] dwellH3427
- בָֽהּ׃
- כִּֽי
- 9Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
- 10You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.
- 11For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
- 12Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
- 13Behold, isn't it of Yahweh of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
- 14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
- 15"Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!
- ה֚וֹי
- ה֚וֹיHowoe to!H1945
- מַשְׁקֵ֣ה
- מַשְׁקֵ֣הmash.Keh[one who] makes drinkH8248H
- רֵעֵ֔הוּ
- מְסַפֵּ֥חַ
- מְסַפֵּ֥חַme.sa.Pe.ach[you are] pouring outH5596A
- חֲמָתְךָ֖
- וְאַ֣ף
- שַׁכֵּ֑ר
- שַׁכֵּ֑רsha.Keryou make [them] drunkH7937
- לְמַ֥עַן
- לְמַ֥עַןle.Ma.'anso asH4616
- הַבִּ֖יט
- הַבִּ֖יטha.Bitto lookH5027
- עַל־
- עַל'al-onH5921A
- מְעוֹרֵיהֶֽם׃
- ה֚וֹי
- 16You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and be exposed! The cup of Yahweh's right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.
- שָׂבַ֤עְתָּ
- שָׂבַ֤עְתָּsa.Va'.tayou are satisfiedH7646
- קָלוֹן֙
- קָלוֹן֙ka.lOnshameH7036
- מִכָּב֔וֹד
- שְׁתֵ֥ה
- שְׁתֵ֥הshe.TehdrinkH8354
- גַם־
- גַםgam-alsoH1571
- אַ֖תָּה
- אַ֖תָּה'A.tahyouH0859A
- וְהֵֽעָרֵ֑ל
- תִּסּ֣וֹב
- תִּסּ֣וֹבti.Sovit will come roundH5437G
- עָלֶ֗יךָ
- כּ֚וֹס
- כּ֚וֹסKos[the] cup ofH3563A
- יְמִ֣ין
- יְמִ֣יןye.Min[the] right [hand] ofH3225G
- יְהוָ֔ה
- יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- וְקִיקָל֖וֹן
- עַל־
- עַל'al-[will be] overH5921A
- כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃
- שָׂבַ֤עְתָּ
- 17For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.
- כִּ֣י
- כִּ֣יkiforH3588A
- חֲמַ֤ס
- חֲמַ֤סcha.Mas[the] violence ofH2555
- לְבָנוֹן֙
- לְבָנוֹן֙le.va.nOnLebanonH3844G
- יְכַסֶּ֔ךָּ
- וְשֹׁ֥ד
- בְּהֵמ֖וֹת
- בְּהֵמ֖וֹתbe.he.MotanimalsH0929
- יְחִיתַ֑ן
- מִדְּמֵ֤י
- אָדָם֙
- אָדָם֙'a.DamhumankindH0120G
- וַחֲמַס־
- אֶ֔רֶץ
- אֶ֔רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH0776G
- קִרְיָ֖ה
- קִרְיָ֖הkir.Yah[the] townH7151
- וְכָל־
- יֹ֥שְׁבֵי
- יֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.vei[those who] dwellH3427
- בָֽהּ׃
- כִּ֣י
- 18"What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?
- מָֽה־
- מָֽהmah-what?H4100
- הוֹעִ֣יל
- הוֹעִ֣ילho.'Ildoes it profitH3276
- פֶּ֗סֶל
- פֶּ֗סֶלPe.sela carved imageH6459
- כִּ֤י
- כִּ֤יkithatH3588A
- פְסָלוֹ֙
- יֹֽצְר֔וֹ
- מַסֵּכָ֖ה
- מַסֵּכָ֖הma.se.Khaha molten imageH4541A
- וּמ֣וֹרֶה
- שָּׁ֑קֶר
- שָּׁ֑קֶרSha.kerfalsehoodH8267
- כִּ֣י
- כִּ֣יkiforH3588A
- בָטַ֞ח
- בָטַ֞חva.Tachhe reliesH0982
- יֹצֵ֤ר
- יֹצֵ֤רyo.Tzer[one who] formedH3335G
- יִצְרוֹ֙
- עָלָ֔יו
- לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת
- אֱלִילִ֥ים
- אֱלִילִ֥ים'e.li.LimidolsH0457
- אִלְּמִֽים׃
- אִלְּמִֽים'i.le.MimdumbH0483
- מָֽה־
- 19Woe to him who says to the wood, 'Awake!' or to the mute stone, 'Arise!' Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
- ה֣וֹי
- ה֣וֹיHowoe to!H1945
- אֹמֵ֤ר
- אֹמֵ֤ר'o.Mer[one who] saysH0559
- לָעֵץ֙
- הָקִ֔יצָה
- ע֖וּרִי
- ע֖וּרִי'U.riawakeH5782
- לְאֶ֣בֶן
- דּוּמָ֑ם
- דּוּמָ֑םdu.MamsilenceH1748
- ה֣וּא
- ה֣וּאhu'itH1931
- יוֹרֶ֔ה
- יוֹרֶ֔הyo.Rehwill it teach?H3384B
- הִנֵּה־
- הִנֵּהhi.neh-there!H2009
- ה֗וּא
- ה֗וּאHu'itH1931
- תָּפוּשׂ֙
- תָּפוּשׂ֙ta.Fus[is] sheathedH8610
- זָהָ֣ב
- זָהָ֣בza.HavgoldH2091
- וָכֶ֔סֶף
- וְכָל־
- ר֖וּחַ
- ר֖וּחַRu.achbreathH7307H
- אֵ֥ין
- אֵ֥ין'einnotH0369
- בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃
- ה֣וֹי
- 20But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!"
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