Habakkuk · חֲבַקּוּק

Habakkuk 1:9

כֻּלֹּה֙ לְחָמָ֣ס יָב֔וֹא מְגַמַּ֥ת פְּנֵיהֶ֖ם קָדִ֑ימָה וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף כַּח֖וֹל שֶֽׁבִי׃
kuloh lḥamas yabvoʾ mgamat pneyhem qadiymah vayeʾesof kaḥvol shebiy
King James Version (KJV)

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up {as} the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. {their...: or, the supping up of their faces, etc: or, their faces shall look (Heb. the opposition of their faces) toward the east}

Modern English

All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.

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