King James Version (KJV)
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.”
Verse in context — Habakkuk 1
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.
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Dialogue with God about evil, ending with trust in His sovereignty.
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