They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and they break not their ranks.
Joe 2:7-9 In Joe 2:7-10 the comparison of the army of locusts to a well-equipped army is carried out still further; and, in the first place, by a description of the irresistible force of its advance. Joe 2:7. “They run like heroes, like warriors they climb the wall; every one goes on its way, and they do not change their paths. Joe 2:8.
Commenting on Joel 2:7-9
They shall run like mighty men,.... Like men of war, in a hostile way, as soldiers run upon their enemy with undaunted courage and bravery. Bochart from Pisidas describes the locusts' manner of fighting, who says, they strike not standing, but running: they shall climb the wall like men of war; scale the walls of cities as besiegers do; walls and bulwarks cannot keep them...
God executes the judgment written in the law upon His own professing people for their sins. Ministers must sound the trumpet from God's word to warn of sin's fatal consequences, though even Zion is not exempt if she provokes Him. The privilege of His people is to be warned, that they might make peace with Him before the judgment falls.
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Commenting on Joel 2:1-11