Verse 16
16. When he sees this wonderful success he makes the implements that have assisted him his gods and pays homage to them; he loses sight entirely of Him under whose direction he acts.
Net,… drag An expansion of the comparison in Habakkuk 1:14-15. The net and the drag represent the weapons and means used by the conqueror to subdue the nations (Habakkuk 1:11).
Whether the words imply that the Chaldeans, like the Scythians (Herodotus, 4:59, 62), offered sacrifices to their swords, or whether they are only a vivid picture of the glorification and deification of their might, cannot be determined.
Meat Better, R.V., “food.” Through the conquests wealth and prosperity have been acquired.
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