They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

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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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Notas al pie

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

13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

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13 Your eyes are too pure(A) to look on evil;
    you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(B)
Why then do you tolerate(C) the treacherous?(D)
    Why are you silent while the wicked
    swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(E)

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