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Fish caught on hook.
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Habakkuk 1:15

Hook and Dragnet

How Long? The Violence and the Net · Habakkuk 1

Story guide: The hooked fish visualizes the conquest metaphor in the complaint. The fishing imagery describes human vulnerability rather than a reported fishing expedition.

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15He brings all of them up with a hook; he drags him away with his net, and gathers him in with his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and exults.

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