Catholic Public Domain Version
"They will all approach towards the prey; their face is like a burning wind. And they will gather captives together like sand."
— Habakkuk 1:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 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.”
“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 behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift people, marching across the width of the earth, to possess tabernacles not their own.
It is dreadful and terrible. From themselves, judgment and their burden will issue.
Their horses are more nimble than leopards and swifter than wolves in the evening; their horsemen will spread out. And then their horsemen will approach from far away; they will fly like the eagle, hurrying to devour.
They will all approach towards the prey; their face is like a burning wind. And they will gather captives together like sand.
And concerning kings, he will triumph, and sovereign rulers will be his laughingstock, and he will laugh over every fortress, and he will transport a rampart and seize it.
Then his spirit will be altered, and he will cross over and fall. Such is his strength from his god.
Have you not existed from the beginning, Lord my God, my holy one, and so we shall not die? Lord, you have stationed him for judgment, and you have established that his strength will be swept away.