Joel 2:9

They run through the city; They run upon the wall; They go up into the houses; They enter in at the windows, like a thief.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

In Context

8One doth not thrust another; They march every one in his path, And though they rush among weapons, they are not wounded.

10The earth quaketh before them, And the heavens tremble; The sun and the moon are darkened, And the stars withdraw their shining.

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Cross References

John 10:1Truly, truly do I say to you, He that entereth not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber;

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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