Reference: Nets
Hastings
NETS were used in taking wild animals (see Hunting), and birds (see Snares); but their main use has always been in fishing. The ancient Hebrews were not fishermen, nor do they seem to have eaten much fish. There is no reference in OT to fishing in the inland waters of Palestine. The fishermen and the implements named are either Egyptian or Ph
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Will you tie him like a pet bird, like something to amuse your servant women? Will fishermen bargain over him? Will merchants cut him up to sell?
Let wicked people fall into their own nets, while I escape unharmed.
The fishermen will groan and lament. All who cast hooks into the Nile and throw nets on the water will be weak and sick.
The fishermen will groan and lament. All who cast hooks into the Nile and throw nets on the water will be weak and sick.
The fishermen will groan and lament. All who cast hooks into the Nile and throw nets on the water will be weak and sick.
Your sons have fainted. They lie at the head of every street. They are like antelope caught in a net. They are filled with the rage of Jehovah and the rebuke of your God.
She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea. I have spoken, declares the Lord Jehovah. She will become spoil for the nations.'
The Lord Jehovah has sworn by his holiness that the day will come when they will take you away with meat hooks, and those who remain with fish-hooks.
He brings them all up with the hook. He gathers them away in his net. He gladly gathers them and rejoices.
He brings them all up with the hook. He gathers them away in his net. He gladly gathers them and rejoices. He offers sacrifices and burns incense to his fishing net. For it is through this their catch is great and the food is plentiful.
At once they abandoned their nets and followed him.
The kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea. It gathered fish of every kind.
That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter: It is the Lord. So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat about him (for he was dressed only in undergarments), and jumped into the sea.