King James Version with Apocrypha
"They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand."
— Habakkuk 1:9, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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.”
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.