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Is he to keep on emptying his net, destroying nations without mercy?King James Bible
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?American Standard Version
Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?Young's Literal Translation
Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?Habakkuk 1:17 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnd 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. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and. Habakkuk 1:9,10 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand... Habakkuk 2:5-8,17 Yes also, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither keeps at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death... Isaiah 14:16,17 They that see you shall narrowly look on you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble... Jeremiah 25:9-26 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, said the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant... Jeremiah 46:1-49:39 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles... Jeremiah 52:1-34 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem... Ezekiel 25:1-30:26 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying... Habakkuk 1:17 Parallel Commentaries
Cause Continually Destroying Destruction Empty Emptying End Kill Mercilessly Mercy Nations Net Open Slay Slaying Spare SparingCause Continually Destroying Destruction Empty Emptying End Kill Mercilessly Mercy Nations Net Open Slay Slaying Spare SparingTHE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®.Habakkuk 1:17 Mobile Bible
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Isaiah 14:5 The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
Isaiah 14:6 which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
Isaiah 19:8 The fishermen will groan and lament, all who cast hooks into the Nile; those who throw nets on the water will pine away.
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