Habakkuk 1:17

Habakkuk's Second Complaint

¹⁶ That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet
and burn incense to their fishing net,
for by these things their portion is rich
and their food plentiful.
¹⁷ Will they therefore empty their net
and continually slaughter nations without mercy?

For This Cause

Showing Mercy

No

Isaiah 14:6

It struck the peoples in anger
with unceasing blows.
It subdued the nations in rage
with relentless persecution.

Isaiah 14:16-17

Those who see you will stare at you;
they will look closely at you:
“Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble,
who shook the kingdoms,

Isaiah 19:8

Then the fishermen will mourn.
All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,
and those who spread nets on the water will shrivel up.

Jeremiah 25:9-26

I am going to send for all the families of the north’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘and send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation, a derision, and ruins forever.

Jeremiah 46:1-28

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the nations:

Jeremiah 52:1-34

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

Ezekiel 25:1-17

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

Habakkuk 1:9-10

All of them come to do violence;
their faces are set in determination.
They gather prisoners like sand.

Habakkuk 2:5-8

Moreover, wine betrays;
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.

Habakkuk 2:17

For your violence against Lebanon
will overwhelm you;
the destruction of animals will terrify you
because of your human bloodshed and violence
against lands, cities, and all who live in them.