Bible in Basic English
"They are coming all of them with force; the direction of their faces is forward, the number of their prisoners is like the sands of the sea."
— Habakkuk 1:9, Bible in Basic English
“They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.”
“They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand. ”
“All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.”
“All of them intend to do violence; every face is determined. They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand.”
“They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the sand.”
“They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.”
For see, I am sending the Chaldaeans, that bitter and quick-moving nation; who go through the wide spaces of the earth to get for themselves living-places which are not theirs.
They are greatly to be feared: their right comes from themselves.
And their horses are quicker than leopards and their horsemen more cruel than evening wolves; they come from far away, like an eagle in flight rushing on its food.
They are coming all of them with force; the direction of their faces is forward, the number of their prisoners is like the sands of the sea.
He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.
Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.
Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.