Joel 2:8

Neither doth one thrust another; they march every one in his path; and they burst through the weapons, and break not off [their course].

American Standard Version

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 they break not their ranks.

9They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:5And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

Nehemiah 4:23So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one [went with] his weapon [to] the water.

Job 36:12But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

Song of Solomon 4:13Thy shoots are an orchard 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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