Matthew Poole and continuators on Habakkuk 1:9

9 They shall come all o for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east-wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand .

Chaldeans, and in particular these fierce and swift Horsemen;

Either thus, their very countenances shall be as blasting, pestiferous and dangerous, as is the East wind in those countreys, or thus, all they can sup up, or lay hold on, they will carry Eastward· Or thus, when you are devoured they shall set their faces Eastward to devour others in those Coasts.

Prisoners or Captives, called here the Captivity, to express the extremity thereof.

Both for easiness of gathering, and the multitudes of captives gathered.

With one purpose, on the same design, to enrich themselves by making a prey of all.

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