Joel 2:9

They rush on the city, 1 they run on the wall, 1 they climb in the houses, 1 and they go through the windows like thieves. 1

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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

8Neither does one thrust another aside; 1 they march, each in his path; 1 they break through the defenses 1 and do not fall out of line. 1

10The earth shakes in front of them, 1 the heavens tremble, 1 the sun and the moon are darkened, 1 and the stars stop shining. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 10:14The locusts went through all the land of Egypt and infested all parts of it. Never before had there been such a swarm of locusts in the land, and nothing like this will come after it.

John 10:1“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter through the gate into the sheep pen, but climbs up some other way, that man 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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