Habakkuk 1:16
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Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.

Psalm 22:29
All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.

Jeremiah 44:8
In that you provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, by sacrificing to other gods in the land of Egypt, into which you are come to dwell there: and that you should perish, and be a curse, and a reproach to all the nations of the earth?

Jeremiah 44:17
But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.

Habakkuk 1:11
Then shall his spirit be changed, and he shall pass, and fall: this is his strength of his god.

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Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.

they.

Habakkuk 1:11 Then shall his spirit be changed, and he shall pass, and fall: this is his strength of his god.

Deuteronomy 8:17 Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.

Isaiah 10:13-15 For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high. . . .

Isaiah 37:24 By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord: and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus: and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees, and will enter to the top of its height, to the forest of its Carmel.

Ezekiel 28:3 Behold thou art wiser than Daniel: no secret is hid from thee.

Ezekiel 29:3 Speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt, thou great dragon that liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest: The river is mine, and I made myself.

Daniel 4:30 The same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor, and he was driven away from among men, and did eat grass, like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven: till his hairs grew like the feathers of eagles, and his nails like birds' claws.

Daniel 5:23 But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.

plenteous.

Context
Habakkuk's Second Complaint
15He lifted up all them with his hook, he drew them in his drag, and gathered them into his net: for this he will be glad and rejoice. 16Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.17For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations.…
Lexicon
Therefore
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

they sacrifice
יְזַבֵּ֣חַ (yə·zab·bê·aḥ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice

to their dragnet
לְחֶרְמ֔וֹ (lə·ḥer·mōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2764: A net, a doomed object, extermination

and burn incense
וִֽיקַטֵּ֖ר (wî·qaṭ·ṭêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6999: To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire

to their fishing net,
לְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ (lə·miḵ·mar·tōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4365: A net, fishing net

for
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

by these
בָהֵ֙מָּה֙ (ḇā·hêm·māh)
Preposition-b | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

things their portion
חֶלְק֔וֹ (ḥel·qōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2506: Portion, tract, territory

is sumptuous
שָׁמֵ֣ן (šā·mên)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8082: Greasy, gross, rich

and their food
וּמַאֲכָל֖וֹ (ū·ma·’ă·ḵā·lōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3978: An eatable

is rich.
בְּרִאָֽה׃ (bə·ri·’āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1277: Fatted, plump


Additional Translations
Therefore they sacrifice to their dragnet and burn incense to their fishing net, for by these things their portion is sumptuous and their food is rich.Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.

Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice.

therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is become fat, and his meat dainty.

Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his meat plenteous.

Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their food plenteous.

Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.

Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them is his portion fertile, and his food fat.
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