Joel 2:8

They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.

Majority Standard Bible

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 charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.

9They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:5Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.

Nehemiah 4:23So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.

Job 36:12But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

Song of Solomon 4:13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of 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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