New American Standard Bible 2020

Habakkuk 1:14-17

14Why have You made people like the fish of the sea, Like crawling things that have no ruler over them?15The Chaldeans 1bring all of them up with a hook, 2Drag them away with their net, And gather them together in their fishing net. Therefore they rejoice and are joyful.16Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net And 3burn incense to their fishing net, Because through 4these things their 5catch is 6large, And their food is 7plentiful.17Will they therefore empty their 8net, And continually 9slay nations without sparing?

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1. Habakkuk 1:15 Jer 16:16; Amos 4:2 ↩
2. Habakkuk 1:15 Ps 10:9 ↩
3. Habakkuk 1:16 Or sacrifice ↩
4. Habakkuk 1:16 Jer 44:17 ↩
5. Habakkuk 1:16 Lit portion ↩
6. Habakkuk 1:16 Lit fat; or plentiful ↩
7. Habakkuk 1:16 Lit fat ↩
8. Habakkuk 1:17 Is 19:8 ↩
9. Habakkuk 1:17 Is 14:5, 6 ↩

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