Joel 2:6

Joel 2:6

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.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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much pained—namely, with terror. The Arab proverb is, "More terrible than the locusts."

faces shall gather blackness— (Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 30:6; Nahum 2:10). MAURER translates, "withdraw their brightness," that is, wax pale, lose color (compare Joel 2:10; Joel 3:15).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Joel 2:6:**

Jeremiah 8:21
Lamentations 4:8
Joel 1:15
Nahum 2:10
Revelation 9:9
Revelation 9:12

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