Joel 2:7
They shall run like gibborim; 1 they shall climb the chomah (wall) like anshei milchamah; 1 and they shall march every one in formation, 1 and they shall not swerve from their course; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6Before their face, the amim (nations) shall be in anguish; 1 every face turns pale. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:23Sha'ul and Yonatan 1 were beloved and gracious in their lives, 1 and in their mot they were not parted; 1 they were swifter than nesharim, 1 they were stronger than arayot. 1
2 Samuel 5:8And Dovid said on that day, Anyone that striketh the Yevusi will have to reach the water shaft, the pisechim and the ivrim whom the nefesh Dovid hates; thus the saying… The ivver and the piseach are here, he will not enter the bais.
Psalms 19:5Their measuring line is gone out through kol ha'aretz, 1 and their words to the end of the tevel (world). 1 In them hath He set an ohel for the shemesh, 1
Isaiah 5:26And He will lift up a banner to the distant Goyim, 1 and will whistle for him at the ketzeh ha'aretz; hinei, 1 they shall come with speed swiftly; 1
Joel 2:9They shall run to and fro in the ir (city); 1 they shall run upon the chomah, 1 they shall climb up into the batim (houses); 1 they shall enter in at the windows like the ganav. 1
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 →