Habakkuk 1:9

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Habakkuk 1:9 tn Heb “come.”
2. Habakkuk 1:9 tn Heb “The totality of their faces is to the east” (or “is forward”). The precise meaning of the Hebrew term מְגַמַּת (megammat) is unclear. For a discussion of options see J. J. M. Roberts, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (OTL), 93. NEB has “a sea of faces rolls on”; NIV “their hordes advance like a desert wind”; NRSV “with faces pressing forward.”
3. Habakkuk 1:9 tn Heb “and he gathers like sand, prisoners.”