Joel 2:7
They attack like mighty warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. They all march as one, never breaking ranks.
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6Terror seizes all those in their path; all the people's faces grow pale.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:23During their lives, Saul and Jonathan were much loved and very pleasant, and death did not divide them. They were faster than eagles, stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 5:8At that time he said, “If we are to successfully conquer the Jebusites we'll have to go up the water shaft to attack these ‘lame and blind’ —these people who hate David.” This is why it's said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the house.”
Psalms 19:5It's like a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a fit athlete happy to run a race.
Isaiah 5:26He will send a signal to the distant nations, and will whistle for those living at the ends of the earth. See how quickly they respond, how speedily they come!
Joel 2:9They rush to and fro in the city; they run along the walls; they climb into houses, entering through the windows like thieves.
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 →