Joel 2:4

As the appearance of horses, is his appearance, and, as war-horses, so, shall they run:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Before him, hath a fire, devoured, and, after him, shall a flame, consume,—As the garden of Eden, is the land before him, but, after him, a desert most desolate, Moreover also, escape, giveth he none.

5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, shall they rattle along, like the noise of a flame of fire, devouring dry straw,—like a people bold, arrayed for battle.

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Cross References

Revelation 9:7And, the likenesses of the locusts, were like unto horses prepared for battle; and, upon their heads, as it were crowns, like unto gold, and, their faces, were as the faces of men,

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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