Joel 2:7
Like heroes, shall they run, like men of war, shall they mount a wall,—and, every one—along his own road, shall they march along, and shall not change their paths;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6Because of him, shall peoples’, be in anguish,—all faces, have withdrawn their colour.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan, delightfully loving in their lives, even, in their death, were not divided,—Beyond eagles, were they swift, beyond lions, were they strong!
2 Samuel 5:8And David said, on that day—Whosoever is smiting the Jebusites, then let him reach as far as the aqueduct. But, as for the lame and the blind, they were the hated of David’s soul,—for which cause, they kept on saying, Blind and lame! he will not enter the place.
Psalms 19:5And, he, is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, he rejoiceth as a hero to run a race:
Isaiah 5:26Therefore will he lift up an ensign to the nations afar off, And signal for him from the end of the earth,—And lo! with hot haste, will he come:
Joel 2:9Upon the city, shall they leap, on the wall, shall they run, up the houses, shall they climb,—through the windows, shall they enter, like a thief,
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 →