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Habakkuk 1:17 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Habakkuk 1:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Habakkuk chapter 1 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?”
Habakkuk 1:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Habakkuk 1:17
Habakkuk's second complaint concludes: 'Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?' (ha'al-ken yariq chormo vetamid laharog goyim lo yachmol). Will Babylon endlessly conquer ('empty their net')? Will they 'not spare continually to slay the nations' (lo yachmol laharog goyim tamid)—showing no mercy, killing perpetually? The question demands answer: does conquest continue forever, or will God eventually intervene? This expresses the heart-cry of all oppressed peoples: how long will tyrants prosper? When will justice arrive? The question sets up chapter 2...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Habakkuk 1:17
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“who ruled the nations in anger”
“I will send and take all the families of the north”
“The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;”
“They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind”
“moreover”
“and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn”
“saying”
“and the destruction of the animals”
“saying”
“Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign”