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14 You treat people like fish in the sea,
    like creeping creatures that have no ruler.
15 The wicked man[a] pulls them all up on a fishhook.
    He hauls them in with a net.
    He gathers them with his dragnet and is very happy about it.
16 Therefore he offers sacrifices to his nets
    and burns incense to his dragnet,
    because, through these, his catch is large,
    and his food is plentiful.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:15 The subject the wicked man is supplied for clarity.