They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. Treasury of Scripture for. Habakkuk 1:6 For, see, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land... Habakkuk 2:5-13 Yes also, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither keeps at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death... Deuteronomy 28:51,52 And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land, until you be destroyed... Jeremiah 4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way... Jeremiah 5:15-17 See, I will bring a nation on you from far, O house of Israel, said the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation... Jeremiah 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, said the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant... their faces shall sup up as the east. or, the supping up of their faces, as, etc. or, their faces shall look toward the east. Heb. the opposition of their faces shall be toward the east. Isaiah 27:8 In measure, when it shoots forth, you will debate with it: he stays his rough wind in the day of the east wind. Jeremiah 4:11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem... Ezekiel 17:10 Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it?... Ezekiel 19:12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit... Hosea 13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brothers, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness... they shall gather. Habakkuk 2:5 Yes also, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither keeps at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death... Genesis 41:49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. Judges 7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude... Job 29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. Psalm 139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you. Jeremiah 15:8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas... Jeremiah 34:22 Behold, I will command, said the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it... Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered... Romans 9:27 Esaias also cries concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
Context The Lord's Answer
5Behold you among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which you will not believe, though it be told you. 6For, see, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not their's. 7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 8Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hastens to eat. 9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. 10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn to them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. 11Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power to his god. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.
Douay-Rheims Bible
They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the sand.
Darby Bible Translation
They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.
King James Bible
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Young's Literal Translation
Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
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