Habakkuk 1:15 (DRB)

Passage

He lifted up all them with his hook, he drew them in his drag, and gathered them into his net: for this he will be glad and rejoice.

Nearby Context

Habakkuk 1:13 Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself?

Habakkuk 1:14 And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things that have no ruler.

Habakkuk 1:15 He lifted up all them with his hook, he drew them in his drag, and gathered them into his net: for this he will be glad and rejoice.

Habakkuk 1:16 Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.

Habakkuk 1:17 For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lifted", "hook", "drew", "drag", "gathered", "glad", and "rejoice". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lifted" and "hook", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And thou wilt make men as the..." into verse 16's "Therefore will he offer victims to his...", so "lifted" and "hook" belong inside that flow. In Habakkuk context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lifted" and "hook" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.