Old Testament · VERSE 17

Habakkuk 1:17

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

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Habakkuk 1:17 in context

Habakkuk 1:13

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

Habakkuk 1:14

And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

Habakkuk 1:15

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.

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

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

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