Old Testament · VERSE 9

Habakkuk 1:9

King James Version

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

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Habakkuk 1:9 in context

Habakkuk 1:7

They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

Habakkuk 1:8

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.

Habakkuk 1:9SELECTED VERSE

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 1:10

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.

Habakkuk 1:11

Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

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