Habakkuk 1:9
“They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
They shall come all for violence,.... Or, "the whole of it" (s); the whole army of the Chaldeans, everyone of them; this…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
They shall come all for violence - “Violence” had been the sin of Judah Hab 1:3-4, and now violence shall be her…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Their faces shall sup up as the east wind - This may be an allusion to those electrical winds which prevail in that…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Habakkuk 1:5-11
We have here an answer to the prophet's complaint, giving him assurance that, though God bore long, he would not bear…
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