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A Picture of Helplessness
Commentators explain that Habakkuk's comparison of people to fish and creeping things paints a vivid picture of utter helplessness. Like fish in a vast sea, they are portrayed as mute, easily swept away, and preyed upon without a protector. This imagery powerfully conveys the feeling of being abandoned to chaos and the cruelty of powerful enemies.
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Albert Barnes
On Habakkuk 1:14
18th Century
Theologian
And make men as the fishes of the sea - mute, helpless, in a stormy, restless element, no cry heard, but themselves swept away in shoals, wi…
Charles Ellicott
On Habakkuk 1:12–17
19th Century
Bishop
Though greatly perplexed, Habakkuk feels sure that the God whom this swaggering conqueror has insulted will at last vindicate Himself.
John Gill
On Habakkuk 1:14
17th Century
Pastor
And make men as the fishes of the sea
That is, suffer them to be used as the fishes of the sea, which are easily tak…
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Matthew Henry
On Habakkuk 1:12–17
17th Century
Minister
However matters may be, God is still the Lord our God, our Holy One. We are an offending people, and He is an offended God, yet we will not enterta…