Habakkuk 1:15
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Context
This verse from Habakkuk Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. The prophet cries out to God about the violence and injustice he sees in Judah with no answer. God responds that he is raising up the Chaldeans — the ruthless and violent Babylonians — as instrument of judgment. Habakkuk protests: …
Other Translations
He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.
Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his drag, Therefore he doth joy and rejoice.
He takes them all up with his hook, he takes them in his net, getting them together in his fishing-net: for which cause he is glad and full of joy.
Cross References
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he …
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread …
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send …
Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the …
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, …
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed …
For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in …
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the …
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto …
And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall …