Habakkuk 1:9

Overview - Habakkuk 1
Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land,
is shewn the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans.
12 He complains that vengeance should be executed by them who are far worse.
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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.
 


for
6 ; 2:5-13 Deuteronomy 28:51 Deuteronomy 28:52 ; Jeremiah 4:7 ; 5:15-17 25:9

their faces shall sup up as the east or, the supping up of
their faces, as, etc. or, their faces shall look toward the east
Hebrew the opposition of their faces shall be toward the east.
Isaiah 27:8 ; Jeremiah 4:11 ; Ezekiel 17:10 ; 19:12 Hosea 13:15

they shall gather
2:5 Genesis 41:49 ; Judges 7:12 ; Job 29:18 ; Psalms 139:18 ; Jeremiah 15:8 ; 34:22
Hosea 1:10 ; Romans 9:27