Habakkuk’s First Prayer
God’s First Answer
Habakkuk’s Second Prayer
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15
The Chaldeans pull them all up with a hook,
catch them in their dragnet,(AE)
and gather them in their fishing net;
that is why they are glad and rejoice.
16 catch them in their dragnet,(AE)
and gather them in their fishing net;
that is why they are glad and rejoice.
That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet
and burn incense to their fishing net,
for by these things their portion is rich
and their food plentiful.(AF)
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and burn incense to their fishing net,
for by these things their portion is rich
and their food plentiful.(AF)
Footnotes:
a.
Habakkuk 1:3: Lit observe
b.
Habakkuk 1:5: DSS, LXX, Syr read Look, you treacherous people
c.
Habakkuk 1:6: the Babylonians
d.
Habakkuk 1:8: Or and quicker
e.
Habakkuk 1:9: Hb obscure
f.
Habakkuk 1:11: Or wind, and transgress and incur guilt
g.
Habakkuk 1:12: Ancient Jewish tradition reads we
h.
Habakkuk 1:13: Babylon
i.
Habakkuk 1:13: Judah
j.
Habakkuk 1:17: DSS read sword