Habakkuk 1:17

Habakkuk 1:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
• New International Version (NIV)Is he to keep on emptying his net, destroying nations without mercy?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Is he then to keep on emptying his net and mercilessly killing nations forever?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Shall they therefore empty their net, And continue to slay nations without pity?

Context of Habakkuk 1:17

15Must we be strung up on their hooks and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate? 16Then they will worship their nets and burn incense in front of them. “These nets are the gods who have made us rich!” they will claim. Will you let them get away with this forever? Will they succeed forever in their heartless conquests?

Habakkuk 1:17 word by word

הַ֥עַל כֵּ֖ן יָרִ֣יק חֶרְמ֑וֹ וְתָמִ֛יד לַהֲרֹ֥ג גּוֹיִ֖ם לֹ֥א יַחְמֽוֹל׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Shall they therefore emptyרִיקrûq · to emptyH7324
• their netחֵ֫רֶםchêrem cherem · netH2764
• and not spareחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
• continuallyתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• to slayהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Habakkuk 1:17

• Habakkuk 1:9“On they come, all bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind, sweeping captives ahead of them like sand.
• Habakkuk 2:5Wealth is treacherous, and the arrogant are never at rest. They open their mouths as wide as the grave, and like death, they are never satisfied. In their greed they have gathered up many nations and swallowed many peoples.
• Isaiah 14:16Everyone there will stare at you and ask, ‘Can this be the one who shook the earth and made the kingdoms of the world tremble?
• Jeremiah 25:9I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.
• Jeremiah 46:1The following messages were given to Jeremiah the prophet from the Lord concerning foreign nations.
• Jeremiah 52:1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
• Ezekiel 25:1Then this message came to me from the Lord:

Commentaries on Habakkuk 1:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17And not spare continually to slay the nation? - 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Shall 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 However matters may be, yet God is the Lord our God, our Holy One. We are an offending people, he is an offended God, yet we will not entertain hard thoughts of him, or of his service. It is great comfort that, whatever mischief men design, the Lord designs good, and we are sure that his counsel shall stand. Though wickedness may prosper a while, yet God is holy, and does not approve the wickedness. As he cannot do iniquity himself, so he is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17Habakkuk struggled to understand how God's answer in Habakkuk 1:5–11 fit with God's character. How could a holy and just God punish Judah using a people more unrighteous than they were?Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Shall they ... empty their net?--Shall they be allowed without interruption to enjoy the fruits of their violence? therefore--seeing that they attribute all their successes to themselves, and not to Thee. The answer to the prophet's question, he by inspiration gives himself in the second chapter.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Habakkuk 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings