All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Habakkuk 1:9 in context
Habakkuk 1:6–12
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For, behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation who march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
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They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
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Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
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All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand.
10
Yes, they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision to them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they build up an earthen ramp and take it.
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Then they sweep by like the wind and go on. They are indeed guilty, whose strength is their god.”
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Aren’t you from everlasting, LORD my God, my Holy One? We will not die. LORD, you have appointed them for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
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