Habakkuk 1:17

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15 They take up all of them with a hook,
They catch them in their net,
And gather them in their dragnet.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

16 Therefore ^athey sacrifice to their net,
And burn incense to their dragnet;
Because by them their share is¹ sumptuous
And their food plentiful.

17 Shall they therefore empty their net,
And continue to slay nations without pity?

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Habakkuk 1:17

And not spare continually to slay the nation? - They are running from conquest to conquest; burning, slaying, sacking, and slaughtering. Like the fishermen, who throw cast after cast while any fish are to be caught, so Nebuchadnezzar is destroying one nation after another. This last sentence explains the allegory of the net.

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