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Read Full Chapter (Habakkuk 1) Habakkuk 1:9 KJV
"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 Chapter 1, Verse 9
Habakkuk 1:9 in Context (Verses 6–12 KJV)
6
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.*
7
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.*
8
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.*
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.*
10
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.
11
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
12
¶ 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.**