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Habakkuk 1:9

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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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  1. Habakkuk 1:7

    They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

  2. Habakkuk 1:8

    Their 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 hasteth to eat.

  3. Habakkuk 1:10

    And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

  4. Habakkuk 1:11

    Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

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