12 But it was uprooted(A) in fury
    and thrown to the ground.
The east wind(B) made it shrivel,
    it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
    and fire consumed them.(C)

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When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die,(A) and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”

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    they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[a] advance like a desert wind
    and gather prisoners(A) like sand.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

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