Habakuk 1:7

1:7 They are frightening and terrifying;

they decide for themselves what is right. ¹ 

Habakuk 1:17

1:17 Will he then ²  continue to fill and empty his throw net? ³ 

Will he always ⁴  destroy ⁵  nations and spare none? ⁶ 

Habakuk 2:13

2:13 Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed:

The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke;

their exhausting work will be for nothing. ⁷ 

[1:7]  ¹ tn Heb “from him his justice, even his lifting up, goes out.” In this context שְׂאֵת (sÿ’et) probably has the nuance “authority.” See R. D. Patterson, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (WEC), 150.

[1:17]  ² tn Or “therefore.”

[1:17]  ³ tn Heb “Will he then empty his throw net?” The words “continue to fill and” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[1:17]  ⁴ tn Or “continually.”

[1:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “kill.”

[1:17]  ⁶ tn Or “without showing compassion.”

[2:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “Is it not, look, from the Lord of hosts that the nations work hard for fire, and the peoples are exhausted for nothing?”