Hab 1:16 | JFB | STEP | 16. sacrifice unto their net-- that is, their arms, power, and military skill, wherewith they gained their victories; instead of to God. Compare , Maurer's interpretation. They idolize themselves for their own cleverness and might ( ; ; , ). by them-- by their net and dragnet. their portion-- image from a banquet: the prey which they have gotten.

‏ Habakkuk 1:16

16. sacrifice unto their net--that is, their arms, power, and military skill, wherewith they gained their victories; instead of to God. Compare Ha 1:11, Maurer's interpretation. They idolize themselves for their own cleverness and might (De 8:17; Is 10:13; 37:24, 25).

by them--by their net and dragnet.

their portion--image from a banquet: the prey which they have gotten.