Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. Cross References 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. 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? Jump to Previous Cause Continually Destroying Destruction Empty Emptying End Kill Mercilessly Mercy Nations Net Open Slay Slaying Spare SparingJump to Next Cause Continually Destroying Destruction Empty Emptying End Kill Mercilessly Mercy Nations Net Open Slay Slaying Spare SparingExternal Links Habakkuk 1:17 NIVHabakkuk 1:17 NLT Habakkuk 1:17 ESV Habakkuk 1:17 NASB Habakkuk 1:17 ASV Habakkuk 1:17 Bible Apps Habakkuk 1:17 Biblia Paralela Habakkuk 1:17 Chinese Bible Habakkuk 1:17 French Bible Habakkuk 1:17 German Bible Alphabetical: And continually destroying empty emptying he his Is keep mercy nations net on slay sparing their therefore they to Will without OT Prophets: Habakkuk 1:17 Will he therefore continually empty his net (Hab Hb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |