Habakkuk 1:17
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For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations.

Isaiah 14:5
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers,

Isaiah 14:6
That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.

Isaiah 19:8
The fishers also shall mourn, and all that cast a hook into the river shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish away.

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For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations.

and.

Habakkuk 1:9,10 They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the sand. . . .

Habakkuk 2:5-8,17 And as wine deceiveth him that drinketh it: so shall the proud man be, and he shall not be honoured: who hath enlarged his desire like hell: and is himself like death, and he is never satisfied: but will gather together unto him all nations, and heap together unto him all people. . . .

Isaiah 14:16,17 They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee. Is this the man that troubled the earth, that shook kingdoms, . . .

Jeremiah 25:9-26 Behold I will send, and take all the kindreds of the north, saith the Lord, and Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant: and I will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all the nations that are round about it: and I will destroy them, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. . . .

Jeremiah 46:1-49:39 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles, . . .

Jeremiah 52:1-34 Sedecias was one and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Amital, the daughter of Jeremiah of Lobna. . . .

Ezekiel 25:1-30:26 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: . . .

Context
Habakkuk's Second Complaint
16Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty. 17For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations.
Lexicon
Will they,
הַ֥עַל (ha·‘al)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

therefore,
כֵּ֖ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

empty
יָרִ֣יק (yā·rîq)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7324: Arm, cast out, draw out, make empty, pour forth out

their net
חֶרְמ֑וֹ (ḥer·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2764: A net, a doomed object, extermination

and continue
וְתָמִ֛יד (wə·ṯā·mîḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8548: Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice

to slay
לַהֲרֹ֥ג (la·hă·rōḡ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent

nations
גּוֹיִ֖ם (gō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

without
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

mercy?
יַחְמֽוֹל׃ (yaḥ·mō·wl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2550: To commiserate, to spare


Additional Translations
Will they, therefore, empty their net and continue to slay nations without mercy?Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

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

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?

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

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

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

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