Joel 2:8

Nor, against each other, shall they strike, Each—on his own highway, shall they march,—though, in among the weapons, they fall, they shall not stop.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

In Context

7Like 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;

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,

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:5And he took courage, and built all the wall that was broken down and carried up thereon towers, and, on the outside, another wall, and strengthened Millo, the city of David,-and made weapons in abundance, and bucklers,

Nehemiah 4:23So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my young men, nor the men of the watch that followed me, none of us, put off our clothes,—every one [went] with his weapon to the water.

Job 36:12But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.

Song of Solomon 4:13Thy buddings forth, are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits,—henna bushes, with nard blossoms:

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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