Joel 2:8

They do not jostle one another, they stay on track; and even if some are cut down, they are not stopped.

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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 attack like mighty warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. They all march as one, never breaking ranks.

9They rush to and fro in the city; they run along the walls; they climb into houses, entering through the windows like thieves.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:5Hezekiah set to work and rebuilt all the parts of the wall that had fallen down and constructed towers on it. He also built another wall outside the first wall. He reinforced the Millo in the city of David. He also made a large quantity of weapons and shields.

Nehemiah 4:23During that time none of us changed our clothes—not me or my brothers or my men or the guards with me. Everyone carried their weapons at all times, even to go for water.

Job 36:12But if they do not listen they will die a violent death, ignorant of God.

Song of Solomon 4:13Your channel is a paradise of pomegranates, full of the best fruits, with henna and nard,

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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