Habakkuk 1:17

Ezekiel 30:26; Habakkuk 1:10; Habakkuk 1:9; Habakkuk 2:17; Habakkuk 2:5-8; Isaiah 14:16; Isaiah 14:17; Jeremiah 25:9-26; Jeremiah 49:39; Jeremiah 52:1-34

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? - The prophet, like Isaiah Isaiah 18:4-5 , stands at the ve...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay (n) the nations? (n) Meaning, that they would not.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Remonstrance over the Inhumanity of the Chaldeans. The execution of Divine judgment raises fresh questions: Why should the Holy One, whose eyes are...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

This is an affirmative question, “Shall they therefore;” which, however, requires a negative answer. Then all interpreters are mistaken; for th...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? And not spare continually to slay the nation? - They are running...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Shall they therefore, &c.— Therefore he continually maketh his net empty [in order to be fed with that delicious food], and spareth not to s...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? Shall they therefore empty their net? - shall they be al...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet's burden. The Answer of Jehovah 1. Burden] RM 'oracle': see on Isaiah 13:1 . 2, 3. How long?.. Why? ] Even a prophet ( Habakkuk 1:1...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(12-17) Though sore perplexed, Habakkuk feels sure that the God whom this swaggering conqueror has insulted will at last vindicate Himself.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall they therefore empty their net .... — Literally, Shall he therefore empty his net? i.e., Shall this voracious Chaldæan plunderer be allowed...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 1:1-17 Habakkuk 1:2-17 ; Habakkuk 2:1-4 (or 8) Yet it is the first piece which raises the most difficult questions. All admit that it...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Apparent Prosperity of the Wicked Habakkuk 1:1-17 Habakkuk probably lived toward the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, when the Chaldean...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this first division of the Book we have the prophet's statement of the problems which vexed his soul. The first was the apparent indifference of J...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is a most blessed prayer, and if I mistake not, it takes into its bosom all the great leading points of redemption. The Prophet by this figure o...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS READER! over and above the numberless precious things this Chapter holds forth to us in divine truths, we are here blessed by God the Ho...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Shall they therefore empty their net ,.... Or "thus", after this manner, so Noldius; as fishermen do, when they have had a good cast, and a large dr...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? Ver. 17. Shall they therefore empty their net ] That they may...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil Thou art of too just and pure a nature to approve of wickedness: it must ever be an abomination to thee....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet's Plea; The Prophet's Complaint. B. C. 600....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall they? the Chaldeans, Nebuchadnezzar and his armies. Therefore; shall former success be pledge of future? they have prospered, and they thin...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Habbakuk Is Even More Put Out. How Can God Use Such Instruments to Chasten His People? ( Habakkuk 1:12-17 ). Habakkuk 1:12 ‘Are you not from ev...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 1:11 . Then] Elated by victory. Change] Lit. the wind passes by; the storm of violence like the wind sweeps over the...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 1:1 . The burden, the prophecy, which Habakkuk the prophet saw. Here he opens his commission, as divinely inspired with vision, and in...
The Biblical Illustrator

And makest men as the fishes of the sea Rapacious selfishness in power Illustrated in Nebuchadnezzar. Selfishness is the root and essence of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1:1-2:20 Part I. JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL , IN THE FORM OF A COLLOQUY BETWEEN THE PROPHET AND GOD...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet's Prayer
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Shall they therefore empty their net, namely, with the intention of casting it out again for a new draught, and not spare continually to slay the na...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Empty their net — As fisher — men empty the full net to fill it again.

¹⁷ Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

Related Commentaries of Habakkuk 1:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Habakkuk 1:17