Joel 2:8

Neither doth one press upon another; they march every one in his path; and fall amid weapons, but are not wounded.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

In Context

7They 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.

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.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:5And he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and [built] another wall outside, and fortified the Millo of the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

Nehemiah 4:23And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.

Job 36:12But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.

Song of Solomon 4:13Thy shoots are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants;

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 →

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