Joel 2:7

They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

In Context

6At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.

8One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 5:8David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him go up to the watercourse and strike those lame and blind, who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame can’t come into the house.”

Psalms 19:5which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.

Isaiah 5:26He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.

Joel 2:9They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.

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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