Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Habakkuk 1:15
they take up all of them—all kinds of fishes, that is, men, as captives, and all other prey that comes in their way.
with the angle—that is, the hook. Some they take up as with the hook, one by one; others in shoals, as in a "net" and "drag" or enclosing net.
therefore—because of their successes.
they rejoice—They glory in their crimes because attended with success (compare Habakkuk 1:11).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Habakkuk 1:15:
Jeremiah 5:26
Jeremiah 16:16
Ezekiel 12:13
Amos 4:2
Habakkuk 1:14
Habakkuk 2:1
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