Habakkuk 1:15

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Modern

The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.

Traditional

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.

Literal

He brings up each with a hook; he catches him in his net, and gathers him in his dragnet; upon thus he is glad and rejoices.

Latin

Totum in hamo sublevavit, traxit illud in sagena sua, et congregavit in rete suum. Super hoc lætabitur, et exsultabit.

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English

The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.

Notes

Habakkuk 1:14–15

fish … hook … dragnet: Habakkuk describes the Babylonians as fishermen who pull conquered peoples in like fish, showing how easily they captured their enemies.

Habakkuk 1:12–2:1

Habakkuk 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?

Events

Prophecies of Habakkukc. 607 BC

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