Joel 2:4

The appearance of them is as the appearance of susim; 1 and as horsemen, so shall they run. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

In Context

3An eish devoureth before them; 1 and behind them a flame burneth; 1 ha'aretz is as the Gan Eden before them, 1 and behind them a desolate midbar; 1 yea, and nothing shall escape them. 1

5Like the noise of merkavot (chariots) 1 on the tops of mountains shall they leap, 1 like the noise of a flame of eish that devoureth the stubble, 1 as a strong people drawn up in milchamah (battle). 1

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Cross References

Revelation 9:7And the appearances of the arbeh (locusts) were like susim (horses) having been prepared for milchamah (war), and on the heads of them what looked like atarot (diadems) of zahav (gold) and the faces were like the faces of Bnei Adam. + 9:7 Yoel 2:4; Dan 7:8

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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