Habakkuk 1:16 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion {is} fat, and their meat plenteous. {plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat}”

Habakkuk 1:16

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And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, {that have} no ruler over them? {creeping: or, moving}

They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. {drag: or, flue net}

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion {is} fat, and their meat plenteous. {plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat}

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

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Habakkuk 1:1

"The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see."

Habakkuk 1:2

"O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! {even} cry out unto thee {of} violence, and thou wilt not save!"

Habakkuk 1:3

"Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause {me} to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence {are} before me: and there are {that} raise up strife and contention."

Habakkuk 1:4

"Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. {wrong: or, wrested}"

Habakkuk 1:5

"Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for {I} will work a work in your days, {which} ye will not believe, though it be told {you}."

Habakkuk 1:6

"For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, {that} bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces {that are} not theirs. {breadth: Heb. breadths}"

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