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Habakkuk 1:9 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 1 · verse 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.Habakkuk 1:9 · King James Version
Habakkuk 1:9 in context
7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
8Their 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.
9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
10And 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.
11Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- captivityshᵉbîyexiledH7628 →
- violencechâmâçviolenceH2555 →
- gatherʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
- facespânîymthe faceH6440 →
- comebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- windqâdîymthe fore or front partH6921 →
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We have here an answer to the prophet's complaint, giving him assurance that, though God bore long, he would not bear always with this provoking people; for the day of vengeance was in his heart, and he must tell them so, that they might by repentance and reformation turn away the judgment they were threatened with.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-11