Habakkuk 1:15

They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

Cross-reference

Habakkuk 2:6 pronounces woe on the one who piles up plunder — a direct contrast to the rejoicing here, showing eventual judgment.

Jeremiah 16:16 has God sending fishermen to catch Israel—contrasting the wicked using hook and net to catch the innocent here.

Jeremiah 50:11 shows Babylon rejoicing over plunder—the same exultation as here, but God then promises to punish them for it.

Lamentations 2:16 has enemies gloating directly—'we have swallowed her'—matching the conqueror's joy over catching people in the net.

Psalm 10:9 Parallel

Psalm 10:9 describes the wicked lurking and drawing the poor into a net—the same oppressive imagery of trapping the vulnerable.

John 21:6-11 again contrasts—Jesus provides a miraculous catch through nets, unlike the judgment and plunder here.

Ezekiel 29:4 uses the same hook-and-fish imagery for God judging Pharaoh, showing divine judgment as the reverse of the Babylonians' predatory conquest.

Ezekiel 29:5 contrasts by describing the enemy cast out and not gathered—opposite of the gathering in nets that brings rejoicing here.

Luke 5:5-10 flips the net imagery: Jesus uses nets to call disciples to fish for people, contrasting with Babylon's destructive fishing here.

Amos 4:2 Parallel

Amos 4:2 also uses hooks for judgment—God will take away Israel's elite with fishhooks, echoing the same tool of divine punishment.

Daniel 4:30 Parallel

Daniel 4:30 shows Nebuchadnezzar's boast about his own power — the same pride behind the Babylonian's rejoicing in their net.

Micah 7:2 Parallel

Micah 7:2 describes people hunting each other with nets — same metaphor for violent oppression as here.

Proverbs 2:14 describes those who rejoice in doing evil — directly matches the Babylonians' gladness over their destructive catch in Habakkuk 1:15.

Jeremiah 5:26 describes wicked men trapping people like birds — parallels the 'fishing' of people by Babylonians in Habakkuk 1:15.

Hosea 5:1 Parallel

Hosea 5:1 uses the same net/snare imagery — Israel's leaders are condemned as a trap, just as the wicked use nets here.

Revelation 11:10 describes earth's inhabitants rejoicing over the two prophets' death — echoing the Babylonians' joy in Habakkuk 1:15 over their prey.

Amos 6:13 Parallel

Amos 6:13 condemns rejoicing in conquest by own strength — parallel to the wicked's joy in their catch here.

Ezekiel 35:15 condemns Edom's joy over Israel's desolation — parallels the Babylonians' gladness in Habakkuk 1:15 over their victims.

Ezekiel 26:2 has Tyre rejoicing over Jerusalem's destruction for profit — mirrors the Babylonians' joy in Habakkuk 1:15 over their conquest.

Ezekiel 25:6 condemns rejoicing over Israel's downfall, similar to the Babylonians' joy in Habakkuk 1:15 — both depict malicious joy over the afflicted.