Zephaniah 2
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בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙in beforeלֶ֣דֶתbrings forthחֹ֔קa decreeכְּמֹ֖ץlike chaffעָ֣בַרit has passed awayי֑וֹםa dayבְּטֶ֣רֶם׀in beforeלֹא־notיָב֣וֹאit will comeעֲלֵיכֶ֗םon youחֲרוֹן֙the burning ofאַף־the anger ofיְהוָ֔הYahwehבְּטֶ֙רֶם֙in beforeלֹא־notיָב֣וֹאit will comeעֲלֵיכֶ֔םon youי֖וֹםthe day ofאַף־the anger ofיְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
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בַּקְּשׁ֤וּseekאֶת־obj.יְהוָה֙Yahwehכָּל־O allעַנְוֵ֣יthe humble people ofהָאָ֔רֶץthe landאֲשֶׁ֥רwhoמִשְׁפָּט֖וֹjudgment hisפָּעָ֑לוּthey have doneבַּקְּשׁוּ־seekצֶ֙דֶק֙righteousnessבַּקְּשׁ֣וּseekעֲנָוָ֔הhumilityאוּלַי֙perhapsתִּסָּ֣תְר֔וּyou will be hiddenבְּי֖וֹםon the day ofאַף־the anger ofיְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
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ה֗וֹיwoe to!יֹֽשְׁבֵ֛יthe inhabitants ofחֶ֥בֶלthe region ofהַיָּ֖םthe seaגּ֣וֹיthe nation ofכְּרֵתִ֑יםthe Kerethitesדְּבַר־the word ofיְהוָ֣הYahwehעֲלֵיכֶ֗םis on youכְּנַ֙עַן֙O Canaanאֶ֣רֶץthe land ofפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםthe Philistinesוְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֖יךְand I will destroy youמֵאֵ֥יןfrom notיוֹשֵֽׁב׃inhabitant
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וְהָ֣יָהand it will belongחֶ֗בֶלthe regionלִשְׁאֵרִ֛יתto the remnant ofבֵּ֥יתthe house ofיְהוּדָ֖הJudahעֲלֵיהֶ֣םon themיִרְע֑וּןthey will graze !בְּבָתֵּ֣יin the houses ofאַשְׁקְל֗וֹןAshkelonבָּעֶ֙רֶב֙in the eveningיִרְבָּצ֔וּןthey will lie down !כִּ֧יforיִפְקְדֵ֛םhe will visit themיְהוָ֥הYahwehאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖םGod theirוְשָׁ֥בand he will turn backשְׁבִיתָֽם׃captivity their
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לָכֵ֣ןto thereforeחַי־by the lifeאָ֡נִיof meנְאֻם֩the utterance ofיְהוָ֨הYahwehצְבָא֜וֹתof hostsאֱלֹהֵ֣יthe God ofיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsraelכִּֽי־thatמוֹאָ֞בMoabכִּסְדֹ֤םlike Sodomתִּֽהְיֶה֙it will beוּבְנֵ֤יand the people ofעַמּוֹן֙Ammonכַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔הlike Gomorrahמִמְשַׁ֥קa place possessed ofחָר֛וּלnettlesוּמִכְרֵה־and a pit ofמֶ֥לַחsaltוּשְׁמָמָ֖הand a wasteעַד־untilעוֹלָ֑םperpetuityשְׁאֵרִ֤יתthe remnant ofעַמִּי֙people myיְבָזּ֔וּםthey will plunder themוְיֶ֥תֶרand the rest ofK:גּוֹיִ֖יnation myיִנְחָלֽוּם׃they will take possession of them
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וְרָבְצ֨וּand they will lie downבְתוֹכָ֤הּin the midst of itעֲדָרִים֙herdsכָּל־everyחַיְתוֹ־animal ofג֔וֹיa nationגַּם־bothקָאַת֙desert owlגַּם־as well asקִפֹּ֔דhedgehogבְּכַפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָon capitals itsיָלִ֑ינוּthey will spend the nightק֠וֹלa soundיְשׁוֹרֵ֤רit will singבַּֽחַלּוֹן֙in the windowחֹ֣רֶבdesolationבַּסַּ֔ףwill be on the thresholdכִּ֥יforאַרְזָ֖הcedar-workעֵרָֽה׃he will lay bare
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זֹ֠אתthisהָעִ֤ירis the cityהָעַלִּיזָה֙the jubilantהַיּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶתwhich dwellsלָבֶ֔טַחto securityהָאֹֽמְרָה֙which saysבִּלְבָבָ֔הּin heart itsאֲנִ֖יIוְאַפְסִ֣יand only Iע֑וֹדam yetאֵ֣יךְ׀how!הָיְתָ֣הit has becomeלְשַׁמָּ֗הinto a wasteמַרְבֵּץ֙a resting placeלַֽחַיָּ֔הfor the animalsכֹּ֚לeveryעוֹבֵ֣רone who passes byעָלֶ֔יהָat itיִשְׁרֹ֖קhe will hissיָנִ֥יעַhe will shakeיָדֽוֹ׃ סhand his
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