Joel 2:5
Like the sound of chariots on the tops of the mountains they leap, like the crackle of flames devouring stubble, like a mighty people preparing for battle.
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In Context
4Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and like horsemen they charge.
6Peoples are in anguish before them, all faces grow pale.
Cross References
Nahum 3:2Hear the crack of the whip, hear the rattle of wheels. Galloping horses, jolting chariots.
Revelation 9:9and they had what seemed to be iron breastplates, while the noise of their wings was like the noise of chariots drawn by many horses, galloping into battle.
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 →