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Habakkuk 1:15 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Habakkuk 1:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Habakkuk chapter 1 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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”
Habakkuk 1:15 (KJV)
Commentary on Habakkuk 1:15
The fishing metaphor continues: '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' (kullo bechakkah he'elah yasgharehu bechermo ve'easphehu bemikhmarto al-ken yismach veyagil). Babylon uses various fishing methods—angle (chakkah), net (cherem), dragnet (mikhmar)—depicting systematic, comprehensive conquest. Nothing escapes. Worse: 'therefore they rejoice and are glad' (al-ken yismach veyagil)—they celebrate their cruelty. This isn't reluctant judgment but gleeful destruction. Babylon doesn't merely execute...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Habakkuk 1:15
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“I will send for many fishermen”
“The days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks.,The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks., נִשְׁבַּע אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה בְּקָדְשׁוֹ כִּי הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים עֲלֵיכֶם וְנִשָּׂא אֶתְכֶם בְּצִנּוֹת וְאַחֲרִיתְכֶן בְּסִירוֹת דּוּגָה׃ ,The Lord GOD hath sworn by His holiness: Lo, surely the days shall come upon you, That ye shall be taken away with hooks, And your residue with fish-hooks.,ὀμνύει κύριος κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ διότι ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται ἐφ' ὑμᾶς καὶ λήμψονται ὑμᾶς ἐν ὅπλοις καὶ τοὺς μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰς λέβητας ὑποκαιομένους ἐμβαλοῦσιν ἔμπυροι λοιμοί,The Lord swears by his holiness, that, behold, the days come upon you, when they shall take you with weapons, and fiery destroyers shall cast those with you into boiling caldrons.,,,,”
“Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some. They cast it therefore”
“when he draws him in his net.”
“because Tyre has said against Jerusalem”
“because it was desolate”
“[saying]”
“and stamped with the feet”
“and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers”
“Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”