Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.
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.
Parallel Translations
Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.
All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand.
Cross References
Jeremiah 25:9Psalms 139:18Job 29:18Habakkuk 1:6Hosea 13:15Isaiah 27:8Ezekiel 19:12Jeremiah 4:7Ezekiel 17:10Genesis 41:49Hosea 1:10Jeremiah 4:11Deuteronomy 28:51–52Romans 9:27Jeremiah 5:15–17
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