Habakkuk 1:17
Shall he, on this account, empty his net? And, the continual slaying of nations, deem to be no pity?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 14:6Smiting peoples in passion With stroke unremitting,—Trampling, in anger, on nations, Persecution unhindered.
Isaiah 19:8Then shall the fishers, lament, And all shall mourn who cast in the Nile a hook,—And they who spread nets on the face of the waters shall languish;
Jeremiah 25:12And it shall some to pass—When the seventy years are fulfilled, I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation, Declareth Yahweh their iniquity, and upon the land of the Chaldeans,—and I will turn it into age-abiding desolations.
Jeremiah 52:1Twenty-one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign, and eleven years, reigned he, in Jerusalem,—and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Habakkuk 1:9Solely for violence, will he come, the intent of their faces, is—To the east! And he hath gathered, as the sand, a captive host;
Habakkuk 2:17For, the violence [done] to Lebanon, shall cover thee, and wasting by wild beasts shall cause them terror,—for shedding Human blood, and doing violence to the earth, to the city, and to all who dwell therein.
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 1:13-17
The Prophet's Plea; The Prophet's Complaint. ( b. c. 600.) 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die . O Lord , thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? 14 And makest men as the fishes of the… Read the whole commentary →