John Trapp on Habakkuk 1:17

Verſe 17. Shall they therefore empty their net?] That they may fill it againe anew, and ſo draw to themſelves as to a pond or pool, the wealth and power of the whole Eaſt? Interrogatio precationis ſpeciem habet, ſaith Gualther. This queſtion is an effectuall prayer: and it is as if the Prophet ſhould thus ſay, If, as hitherto, thou go on to wink at their wickedneſſe, O God, will they not grow more audacious every day, and miſchievous to mankind? Ariſe therefore O Lord of recompences to the help of thy people. Set up and ſhew thy ſelf above the heathen, that they may know themſelves to be but men.

and not ſpare continually to ſlay the nations?] q. d. This cannot hold long: and that it may not, is mine earneſt ſuite and ſupplication. Lord when thou makeſt inquiſition for blood, remember their blood-guiltineſſe,Pſal. 9.12. and forget not the cry of the humble. Theſe cruell Chaldeans do not only ſubjugate, but ſlay, not a few, but whole nations and that continually, and that without mercy. Is it not high time for thee to ſet to thy hand, O preſerver of men &c. Note the Prophets ardency in prayer: and learn of him to get upon the battlements, and look up, to ſee what comes of it, chap. 2.1. This was alſo Davids practiſe, Pſal. 5.3. where he uſeth the ſelf-ſame military word atſappeh: importing that he would be as a Spy upon a tower, to ſee whether he prevailed with God, whether he got the day.