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Habakkuk 1:14

Habakkuk 1:14
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And makest men as the fishes of the sea,.... That is, sufferest them to be used as the fishes of the sea, which are easily taken in the net, and are common to everyone; whosoever will may take them…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And makest men as the fishes of the sea - mute, helpless, in a stormy, restless element, no cry heard, but themselves swept away in shoals, with no power to resist. As the creeping things - whether of…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Makest men as the fishes of the sea - Easily are we taken and destroyed. We have no leader to guide us, and no power to defend ourselves. Nebuchadnezzar is here represented as a fisherman, who is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Habakkuk 1:12-17

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.…