Joel 2:4

The army's appearance is like horses, 1 and they run like horsemen. 1

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

In Context

3A fire is consuming everything in front of it, 1 and behind it a flame is burning. 1 The land is like the garden of Eden in front of it, 1 but behind it there is a ruined wilderness. 1 Indeed, nothing will escape from it. 1

5They jump with a noise like that of chariots on the tops of the mountains, 1 like the noise of fiery flames that devour the stubble, 1 like a mighty army ready for battle. 1

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Cross References

Revelation 9:7The locusts looked like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.

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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