Translations
Modern
Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
Traditional
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Literal
Upon thus he will empty his net, and continue to slay nations without having mercy?
Latin
Propter hoc ergo expandit sagenam suam, et semper interficere gentes non parcet.
Original
Hebrew
English
Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
Notes
Habakkuk struggled to understand how God's answer in Habakkuk 1:5–11 fit with God's character. How could a holy and just God punish Judah using a people more unrighteous than they were?
Events
- Prophecies of Habakkukc. 607 BC