King James Version (KJV)
Habakkuk 1:17
“Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?”
Verse in context — 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.
16
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion [is] fat, and their meat plenteous.
17
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
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Dialogue with God about evil, ending with trust in His sovereignty.
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