Matthew Poole and continuators on Habakkuk 1:17

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

The Chaldeans, Nebuchadnezzar and his Armies.

Shall former success be pledge of future, they have prosper'd, and they think they shall; wilt thou confirm this to them?

As Fishermen empty the full Net to fill it again, and cast out what they had taken to take in more, shall these proud and cruel Chaldaeans do so still?

Shall they, as endlessly as mercilesly waste.

Murtherer-like, kill.

Not single persons, but whole Kingdoms, and people at once: wilt thou, O most just, and mighty God, and Judge! Suffer these things always? the Prophet by the question intimates to us that God most certainly will not suffer it always. The Lord will in fit time arise and break the oppressors arm, and save the oppressed Church and People of God.