the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Habakkuk 1:17
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Will they therefore empty their netand continually slaughter nations without mercy?
Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
Shall they therefore emptie their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Is he then to keep on emptying his net and mercilessly killing nations forever?
Will they therefore empty their net, And continually slay nations without sparing?
Will he keep on taking riches with his net? Will he go on destroying people without showing mercy?
Will they continue to empty their net And [mercilessly] go on destroying nations without sparing?
Shall they therefore stretch out their net and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Will they therefore empty their net And continually slay nations without sparing?
Will they therefore empty their netAnd continually kill nations without sparing?
Will they, therefore, empty their net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
Should they, therefore, keep emptying their nets? Should they keep slaughtering the nations without pity?
Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
Will he continue to take riches with his net? Will he continue destroying people without showing mercy?
Therefore they cast their net continually, they slay peoples without pity.
Are they going to use their swords forever and keep on destroying nations without mercy?
Will he therefore empty his fishnet and continually kill nations without showing mercy?
Shall he therefore empty his net, and shall he not spare to continually slay nations?
Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?
For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
Shall they therfore stretche out their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to slay the nations continually.
Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
Therfor for this thing he spredith abrood his greet net, and euere more he ceesith not for to sle folkis.
Shall he therefore draw his sword, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?
Shall they therefore empty their net, And continue to slay nations without pity?
Will you let them get away with this forever? Will they succeed forever in their heartless conquests?
Will they empty their net forever and keep on destroying nations without pity?
Is he then to keep on emptying his net, and destroying nations without mercy?
Shall he, on this account, empty his net? And, the continual slaying of nations, deem to be no pity?
For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations.
Is he then to keep on emptying his net, and mercilessly slaying nations for ever?
Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
Wherfore they cast out their net agayne, & neuer ceasse to slaye the people.
Are you going to let this go on and on? Will you let this Babylonian fisherman Fish like a weekend angler, killing people as if they're nothing but fish?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
and: Habakkuk 1:9, Habakkuk 1:10, Habakkuk 2:5-8, Habakkuk 2:17, Isaiah 14:16, Isaiah 14:17, Jeremiah 25:9-26, Jeremiah 46:1 - Jeremiah 49:39, Jeremiah 52:1-34, Ezekiel 25:1 - Ezekiel 30:26
Cross-References
Did you ever tell the sun to rise? And did it obey?
(A psalm by David for the music leader.)
Our Lord and Ruler, your name is wonderful everywhere on earth! You let your glory be seen in the heavens above.I often think of the heavens your hands have made, and of the moon and stars you put in place.
The Lord has given us this command, "I have placed you here as a light for the Gentiles. You are to take the saving power of God to people everywhere on earth."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Shall they therefore empty their net,.... Or "thus", after this manner, so Noldius; as fishermen do, when they have had a good cast, and a large draught, spread the net, and take out the fishes, in order to throw it again, and catch more; and so it is asked, should these Chaldeans, when they have conquered one nation, and so filled their net or themselves with the spoil, carry it to Babylon, and there lay it up, and then proceed to fight against another kingdom and nation, and plunder it in like manner?
and not spare continually to slay the nations? the inhabitants of them one after another, and subdue them under them, and make themselves master of all their treasure, until they are arrived to universal monarchy by such cruel and unmerciful methods. The Targum is,
"shall he send his armies continually to consume nations, and that without mercy?''
This the prophet proposes in the name of the whole body of the Lord's people, and leaves it with him to have an answer to it, which is given in the following chapter Habakkuk 2:1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? - The prophet, like Isaiah Isaiah 18:4-5, stands at the very last point, before the fury and desire of the enemy was fulfilled. People, like fish, were gathered together for a prey; he who had taken them was rejoicing and exulting beforehand in his booty; his portion and meat were the choice of the earth; the prophet leeks on, as it were, and beholds the net full; there is but one step more; “Shall he empty it? Shall he then devour those whom he has caught? and so cast his emptied net again unceasingly, pitilessly, to slay the nations?” This question he answers in the next chapter - A Deliverer will come!
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Habakkuk 1:17. And not spare continually to slay the nations? — 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.
