NET Bible
"Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?"
— Habakkuk 1:17, NET Bible
“Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? ”
“Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually? ”
“Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?”
“For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations. ”
“For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.”
“Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? ”
You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.
The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.
Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet; for because of them he has plenty of food, and more than enough to eat.
Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?