World English Bible
"All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand."
— Habakkuk 1:9, World English Bible
“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 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 raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.
Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.
Then he sweeps by like the wind, and goes on. He is indeed guilty, whose strength is his god."
Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.