Habakkuk 1:15

God's Word

The Babylonians pull them all up with fishhooks, drag them away in nets, and gather them in dragnets. So they rejoice and are happy.

Cross References

Psalm 10:9

He lies in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people when he draws them into his net.

Isaiah 19:8

Fishermen will cry. All who cast their lines into the Nile will mourn. Those who spread their nets on the water will sigh.

Jeremiah 16:16

“I’m going to send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will catch the people of Israel. After that, I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt for them on every mountain and hill and even in the cracks in the rocks.

Jeremiah 5:26

“Wicked people are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch people.

Jeremiah 50:11

“You are happy and excited. You have looted the people who belong to me. You dance around like calves on the grass and neigh like stallions.

Ezekiel 25:6

“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: You clapped your hands and stomped your feet. You rejoiced and felt contempt for the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 26:2

“Son of man, Tyre said this about Jerusalem: ‘The city that was the gateway for the nations is destroyed, and its doors are swung open to me. I’ll get rich now that it’s ruined.’

Ezekiel 35:15

You were happy when the land of Israel became a wasteland. I will do the same thing to you. You will become a wasteland, Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

Amos 4:2

The Almighty Lord has taken an oath on his holiness: Surely, the time is going to come when you will be taken away on hooks, and the rest of you on fishhooks.

Habakkuk 1:14

You make all people like the fish in the sea, like schools of sea life that have no ruler.

Habakkuk 2:5

Also because wine is treacherous he is arrogant and never rests. He has a large appetite like the grave. He is like death—never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself. He collects all the people to himself.

Matthew 13:19

Someone hears the word about the kingdom but doesn’t understand it. The evil one comes at once and snatches away what was planted in him. This is what the seed planted along the road illustrates.

Matthew 17:27

However, so that we don’t create a scandal, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that you catch. Open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Give that coin to them for you and me.”

Revelation 11:10

Those living on earth will gloat over the witnesses’ death. They will celebrate and send gifts to each other because these two prophets had tormented those living on earth.