Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Neither shall one thrust another—that is, press upon so as to thrust his next neighbor out of his place, as usually occurs in a large multitude.
when they fall upon the sword—that is, among missiles.
not be wounded—because they are protected by defensive armor [GROTIUS]. MAURER translates, "Their (the locusts') ranks are not broken when they rush among missiles" (compare Daniel 11:22).
Depicting the regular military order of their advance, "One locust not turning a nail's breadth out of his own place in the march" [JEROME]. Compare Proverbs 30:27, "The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Joel 2:8:
Joel 1:15
Revelation 9:12
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