Joel 2:7
They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and break not their ranks.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6Before them the peoples are in anguish: all faces turn pale.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their lives, Even in their death were not divided; They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 5:8And David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites and gets up to the watercourse, and the lame and the blind hated of David's soul ! Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
Psalms 19:5And he is as a bridegroom going forth from his chamber; he rejoiceth as a strong man to run the race.
Isaiah 5:26And he will lift up a banner to the nations afar off, and will hiss for one from the end of the earth; and behold, it will come rapidly [and] lightly.
Joel 2:9They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief.
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 →