Joel 2:3
Before their face is a devouring fire, and behind them is a burning flame. The land before them is like a lush garden, and behind them is a desolate desert, and there is no one who can escape them.
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In The King James Version
In Context
4Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and they will rush forward like horsemen.
Cross References
Genesis 2:8Now the Lord God had planted a Paradise of enjoyment from the beginning. In it, he placed the man whom he had formed.
Exodus 10:5And they shall cover the face of the earth, lest any part of it be seen. Yes, and what remains from the hail shall be eaten. For they will gnaw away all the trees that spring up in the fields.
Psalms 50:3Be merciful to me, O God, according to your great mercy. And, according to the plentitude of your compassion, wipe out my iniquity.
Isaiah 33:4And your spoils will be gathered together, just as the locusts are collected when the ditches have become filled with them.
Jeremiah 5:17And they will consume your grain fields and your bread. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They will consume your flocks and your herds. They will consume your vineyards and your figs. And with the sword, they will crush your fortified cities, in which you have placed your trust.
Joel 1:4The locust has eaten what the caterpillar has left, and the beetle has eaten what the locust has left, and the mildew has eaten what the beetle has left.
Matthew Henry on Joel 2:2-12
Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 720.) 1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them… Read the whole commentary →