Verse 17
Habakkuk 1:17
Young's Literal Translation
17
Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַ֥/עַל כֵּ֖ן יָרִ֣יק חֶרְמ֑/וֹ וְ/תָמִ֛יד לַ/הֲרֹ֥ג גּוֹיִ֖ם לֹ֥א יַחְמֽוֹל
English Translation
Therefore, he will pour out his wrath, and he will continually slay nations; he will not spare.
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Chapter 1 Context
1
The burden that Habakkuk the prophet hath seen:
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Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee -- 'Violence,' and Thou...
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3
Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence [are]...
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Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the...
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5
Look ye on nations, and behold and marvel greatly. For a work He is working in your days, Ye do not...
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For, lo, I am raising up the Chaldeans, The bitter and hasty nation, That is going to the broad plac...
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Terrible and fearful it [is], From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.
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Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its...
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9
Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as...
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10
And at kings it doth scoff, And princes [are] a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh,...
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11
Then passed on hath the spirit, Yea, he doth transgress, And doth ascribe this his power to his god.
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12
Art not Thou of old, O Jehovah, my God (Elohim), my Holy One? We do not die, O Jehovah, For judgment...
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13
Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold t...
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14
And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing -- none ruling over him.
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15
Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his dr...
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16
Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them [is] his port...
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Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?