Hab 1:15 | JFB | STEP | 15. they take up all of them-- all kinds of fishes, that is, men, as captives, and all other prey that comes in their way. with the angle-- that is, the hook. Some they take up as with the hook, one by one; others in shoals, as in a "net" and "drag" or enclosing net. therefore-- because of their successes. they rejoice-- They glory in their crimes because attended with success (compare ).

‏ Habakkuk 1:15

15. they take up all of them--all kinds of fishes, that is, men, as captives, and all other prey that comes in their way.

with the angle--that is, the hook. Some they take up as with the hook, one by one; others in shoals, as in a "net" and "drag" or enclosing net.

therefore--because of their successes.

they rejoice--They glory in their crimes because attended with success (compare Ha 1:11).