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Habakkuk 1:17

Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?

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ASV

Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?

KJV

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

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַ֥עַלHa.'al¿ there-H5921 →
כֵּ֖ןkenforeH3651 →
יָרִ֣יקya.Rikwill he emptyH7324 →
חֶרְמ֑וֹcher.Monet hisH2764 →
וְתָמִ֛ידve.ta.Midand continuallyH8548 →
לַהֲרֹ֥גla.ha.Rogto killH2026 →
גּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimnationsH1471 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
יַחְמֽוֹל׃ סyach.Molwill he spare?H2550 →

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Habakkuk 2:5–8and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.Ezekiel 25:1–17Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Habakkuk 2:17For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.Jeremiah 52:1–34Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.Isaiah 14:16–17Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,Jeremiah 46:1–28This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophetIsaiah 19:8Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.Isaiah 14:6It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.Habakkuk 1:9–10All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.Jeremiah 25:9–26behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

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