Habakkuk 1:9 meaning and explanation
All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
Habakkuk 1:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD is speaking, describing the Chaldeans, the Babylonians he is raising up to judge Judah (verses 5 and 6). Verse 9 pictures their advance: every one of them comes intent on violence, their massed troops sweep forward like the east wind, a hot desert wind that scorches and overwhelms, and they gather captives too many to count, like sand.
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