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Read Full Chapter (Habakkuk 1) Habakkuk 1:16 KJV
"Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous."
Habakkuk Chapter 1, Verse 16
Habakkuk 1:16 in Context (Verses 13–17 KJV)
13
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?*
14
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?*
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?