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Habakkuk 1:17

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So are they just going to keep emptying their nets and never stop destroying nations?

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When oppressors keep winning, it's okay to ask God 'how long will this go on?'

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For you will expand and spread out in all directions; your descendants will take possession of the nations, and they will rebuild and repopulate the empty cities.

So listen up to what God has planned for Babylon and the whole Chaldean nation: Even the weakest people will drag them away as prisoners. God's going to completely destroy their homeland and leave it empty.

Then all the nations around you will finally get it — they'll see that I'm the one who rebuilds what was destroyed and brings life back to empty, broken places. I'm telling you this now, and when I say I'll do something, it's already as good as done.

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