Habakkuk 1:9

9 they all come intent on violence. Their hordes[a] advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.

Habakkuk 1:9 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
9 They all come for violence, all their faces forward. They gather captives like sand.
NLT
9 “On they come, all bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind, sweeping captives ahead of them like sand.
MSG
9 They're out to kill. Death is on their minds. They collect victims like squirrels gathering nuts.
CSB
9 All of them come to do violence; their faces are set in determination. They gather prisoners like sand.

Habakkuk 1:9 In-Context

7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor.
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
9 they all come intent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.
10 They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; by building earthen ramps they capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on— guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”

Cross References 1

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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