14 And makest men as the [a]fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

15 They take up all with the angle: they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarn, whereof they rejoice and are glad.

16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their [b]net, and burn incense unto their yarn, because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:14 So that the great devoureth the small, and the Chaldeans destroy all the world.
  2. Habakkuk 1:16 Meaning, that the enemies flatter themselves, and glory in their own force, power and wit.

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