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Habakkuk 1:9-12
King James Version
Habakkuk 1:9-12
King James Version
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.
10 And 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.
11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
12 Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
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Habakkuk 1:9-12
New International Version
Habakkuk 1:9-12
New International Version
9 they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[a] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners(A) like sand.
10 They mock kings
and scoff at rulers.(B)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
by building earthen ramps(C) they capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind(D) and go on—
guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”(E)
Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we
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