Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
run to and fro in the city—greedily seeking what they can devour.
the wall—surrounding each house in Eastern buildings.
enter in at the windows—though barred.
like a thief— (John 10:1; compare Jeremiah 9:21).
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 2:9:
Joel 1:15
Revelation 9:12
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