Ḥavaqquq (חבקוק) - Abacuc 14

MODERN HEBREW BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 שובה ישראל עד יהוה אלהיך כי כשלת בעונך	1 Let Samaria perish, because she has urged her God towards bitterness. Let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be thrown down, and let their pregnant women be cut in two.
2 קחו עמכם דברים ושובו אל יהוה אמרו אליו כל תשא עון וקח טוב ונשלמה פרים שפתינו	2 Israel, convert to the Lord your God. For you have been ruined by your own iniquity.
3 אשור לא יושיענו על סוס לא נרכב ולא נאמר עוד אלהינו למעשה ידינו אשר בך ירחם יתום	3 Take these words with you and return to the Lord. And say to him, “Remove all iniquity and accept the good. And we will repay the calves of our lips.
4 ארפא משובתם אהבם נדבה כי שב אפי ממנו	4 Assur will not save us; we will not ride on horses. Neither will we say any more, ‘The works of our hands are our gods,’ for those that are in you will have mercy on the orphan.”
5 אהיה כטל לישראל יפרח כשושנה ויך שרשיו כלבנון	5 I will heal their contrition; I will love them spontaneously. For my wrath has been turned away from them.
6 ילכו ינקותיו ויהי כזית הודו וריח לו כלבנון	6 I will be like the dew; Israel will spring forth like the lily, and his root will spread out like that of the cedars of Lebanon.
7 ישבו ישבי בצלו יחיו דגן ויפרחו כגפן זכרו כיין לבנון	7 His branches will advance, and his glory will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance will be like that of the cedars of Lebanon.
8 אפרים מה לי עוד לעצבים אני עניתי ואשורנו אני כברוש רענן ממני פריך נמצא	8 They will be converted, sitting in his shadow. They will live on wheat, and they will grow like a vine. His memorial will be like the wine of the cedars of Lebanon.
9 מי חכם ויבן אלה נבון וידעם כי ישרים דרכי יהוה וצדקים ילכו בם ופשעים יכשלו בם	9 Ephraim will say, “What are idols to me any more?” I will listen to him, and I will set him straight like a healthy spruce tree. Your fruit has been found by me.
	10 Who is wise and will understand this? Who has understanding and will know these things? For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the just will walk in them, but truly, the traitors will fall in them.