John Trapp on Habakkuk 1:14

Verſe 14. And makeſt men as the fiſhes of the ſea] that are eaſily drawn out with hook or net. So doth Nebuchadnezzar with little adoe, bring whole Nations under his power, and pleaſure. Here therefore, ſaith Druſius, Nebuchadnezzar is the fiſher, the world is the ſea, men are the fiſhes, the armies and arts of the Chaldees, are called the net, drag, hook, to the which Nebuchadezzar aſcribed his victories, and not to God. Whereas he ſhould have written upon them, as the Ancients did upon their greateſt exploits,Pauſan. [non-Latin text not transcribed], and have ſaid, as Titus did, when ſome cried him up for his ſacking the city of Jeruſalem; I onely lent mine hand to God, who did the work by me.

as the creeping things] Or, the leſſer fiſhes: for in the ſea alſo are creeping things innumerable, Pſal. 104.25. See Levit. 11.46.

that have no ruler over them] to right and revenge them: and are therefore devoured, the leſſer by the greater, without remedy. And what will men imagine, but that thy people have no ruler over them, no God to take care of their comfort, or to protect them from their enemies? How will they conclude them to be in as bad condition, as thoſe of Braſile, who are ſaid to be, Sine rege, ſine lege, ſine fide, &c. Or, the old Nomades, ſub regno Cyclopico?