Habakkuk 1:9
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Context
This verse from Habakkuk Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. The prophet cries out to God about the violence and injustice he sees in Judah with no answer. God responds that he is raising up the Chaldeans — the ruthless and violent Babylonians — as instrument of judgment. Habakkuk protests: …
Other Translations
They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.
Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
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.
Cross References
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without …
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which …
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, …
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers …
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with …
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of …
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is …
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places …
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a …