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Habakkuk
Habakkuk 1
Habakkuk 1:17
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Habakkuk 1:17
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Is he to keep on emptying his net, destroying nations without mercy?
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Habakkuk 1:17 in Other Translations
KJV
17
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
ESV
17
Is he then to keep on emptying his net and mercilessly killing nations forever?
NLT
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Will you let them get away with this forever? Will they succeed forever in their heartless conquests?
MSG
17
Are you going to let this go on and on? Will you let this Babylonian fisherman Fish like a weekend angler, killing people as if they're nothing but fish?
CSB
17
Will they therefore empty their net and continually slaughter nations without mercy?
Habakkuk 1:17 In-Context
15
The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks, he catches them in his net, he gathers them up in his dragnet; and so he rejoices and is glad.
16
Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food.
17
Is he to keep on emptying his net, destroying nations without mercy?
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Isaiah 14:6
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Isaiah 19:8
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