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Habakkuk 1:14 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 1 · verse 14
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?Habakkuk 1:14 · King James Version
Habakkuk 1:14 in context
12Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
15They 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.
16Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- makestʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- fishesdâga fishH1709 →
- seayâma sea or large body of waterH3220 →
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The prophet, having received of the Lord that which he was to deliver to the people, now turns to God, and again addresses himself to him for the ease of his own mind under the burden which he saw. And still he is full of complaints. If he look about him, he sees nothing but violence done by Israel;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-17