Habakkuk 1:17 “Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without…”

Habakkuk 1:17

Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

World English Bible

Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?

American Standard Version

Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?

Geneva Bible 1599

Shall they therefore stretch out their net and not spare continually to slay the nations?

Darby Translation

Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?

Young's Literal Translation

Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?

Bible in Basic English

For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.

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Cross references

“and”

Habakkuk 2:5–8 Habakkuk 2:17 Jeremiah 25:9–26 Jeremiah 52:1–34 Habakkuk 1:9 Habakkuk 1:10

Habakkuk 2:5–8 · BSB

and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his ow…

Habakkuk 2:17 · BSB

For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

Jeremiah 25:9–26 · BSB

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surro…

Jeremiah 52:1–34 · BSB

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

Habakkuk 1:9 · BSB

All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.

Habakkuk 1:10 · BSB

They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

Also

Isaiah 14:6 Isaiah 19:8

Isaiah 14:6 · BSB

It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

Isaiah 19:8 · BSB

Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

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