9Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
9Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
6 For, lo, I am raising up the Chaldeans, The bitter and hasty nation, That is going to the broad places of earth, To occupy tabernacles not its own.
7 Terrible and fearful it is, From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.
8 Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.
9 Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
10 And at kings it doth scoff, And princes are a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.
11 Then passed on hath the spirit, Yea, he doth transgress, And doth ascribe this his power to his god.
1:9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
1:9they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.
1:9They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the sand.
1:9They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.
1:9They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.
1:9They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.
1:9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
1:9All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.
1:9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.