“Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.”
For by them he lives in luxury and his food is rich. Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet; for by them his portion is fat and his food is rich—the repetition emphasizes that Babylon's entire existence (luxury, rich food, fat portions) derives from plunder and warfare. The deification of instruments of conquest represents the apotheosis of materialism: power becomes the ultimate value. The verse illustrates a civilization entirely oriented toward self-gratification through conquest.
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