Joel 2:5

Joel 2:5

3 A fire devours before them,
And behind them a flame burns;
The land is like ^athe Garden of Eden before them,
^bAnd behind them a desolate wilderness;
Surely nothing shall escape them.

4 ^aTheir appearance is like the appearance of horses;
And like¹ swift steeds, so they run.

5 ^aWith a noise like chariots
Over mountaintops they leap,
Like the noise of a flaming fire that devours the stubble,
Like a strong people set in battle array.

6 Before them the people writhe in pain;
^aAll faces¹ are drained of color.

7 They run like mighty men,
They climb the wall like men of war;
Every one marches in formation,
And they do not break ^aranks.

8 They do not push one another;
Every one marches in his own¹ column.
Though they lunge between the weapons,
They are not¹ cut down.

9 They run to and fro in the city,
They run on the wall;
They climb into the houses,
They ^aenter at the windows ^blike a thief.

10 ^aThe earth quakes before them,
The heavens tremble;
^bThe sun and moon grow dark,
And the stars diminish their brightness.

11 ^aThe Lord gives voice before His army,
For His camp is very great;
^bFor strong is the One who executes His word.
For the ^cday of the Lord is great and very terrible;
^dWho can endure it?

A Call to Repentance

12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
^a“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”

13 So ^arend your heart, and not ^byour garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is ^cgracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Like the noise of chariots—referring to the loud sound caused by their wings in motion, or else the movement of their hind legs.

on the tops of mountains—MAURER connects this with "they," that is, the locusts, which first occupy the higher places, and thence descend to the lower places. It may refer (as in English Version) to "chariots," which make most noise in crossing over rugged heights.

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