Joel 2:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. ”

Joel 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They shall run to and fro in the city - “ The city” is questionless Jerusalem. So to the Romans, “the city” meant Rome; to the Athenians, Athens; among ourselves, “town” or “the city” are idiomati...
Joel 2:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Let the Alarm be Sounded, for the Locusts are Precursors of the Day of Yahweh. Speaking in Yahweh's name the prophet bids the priests sound the alarm from Mt. Zion, that all the community may reali...
Joel 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

run.. in the city.. climb... enter, &c. These are put for the acts of men. like. thief. . thief is. man (not an insect); so are these. Compare Matthew 24:43 ; Matthew 24:44 . Luke 12:39 ;...
Joel 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

It afterwards follows, Through the city shall they march; over the wall shall they run here and there; into houses shall they climb; through the windows shall they enter like a thief. The Pr...
Joel 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Joel 2:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They shall run to and fro— Shall range about. Bishop Warburton observes, that the fine conversion of the subjects in Joel is remarkable. The prophesy is delivered in the first chapter; Awake, ye...
Joel 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: Depicting the regular military orde...
Joel 2:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Repentance followed by Restoration Joel 2:1-17 are another description of the locust plague. An alarm is sounded as though the Day of Jehovah had come ( Joel 2:1-3 ). The advance of the locusts...
Joel 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(7-9) They shall run lite mighty men. — The onward irresistible march of the invaders is graphically described by the illustration of the advance of locusts. They appear on the mountains which envi...
Joel 2:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LOCUSTS AND THE DAY OF THE LORD Joel 1:2-20 ; Joel 2:1-17 JOEL, as we have seen, found the motive of his prophecy in a recent plague of locusts, the appearance of which and the havoc they...
Joel 2:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Summons to Penitence Joel 1:1-20 ; Joel 2:1-11 We know nothing of Joel beyond this book. He was content to be God's mouthpiece and remain unknown. His message was one of unparalleled woe. Th...
Joel 2:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus dealt with the actual visitation and its terrible devastation, and having called the people into the place of humiliation, the prophet rose to a higher level, and interpreted the visitati...
Joel 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It will be very easy for a child of God to make a gracious improvement of what is here said, if read spiritually with an eye to soul exercises, in the conflicts of flesh and spirit, when once a life...
Joel 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They shall run to and fro in the city ,.... Leap about from place to place, as locusts do; see Isaiah 33:4 ; and as the Chaldeans did when they became masters of the city of Jerusalem; they ran abo...
Joel 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. Ver. 9. They shall run to and fro ] As so...
Joel 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They shall run to and fro in the city No place shall be inaccessible to them, nor free from them. “Every place,” says St. Jerome, “lies open to them; for they infest not only the fields, and the fr...
Joel 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 720. 1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm i...
Joel 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In this verse we must discern what is any whir proper to the locusts, and what is applicable more fitly to the soldiers figured by them. They shall run to and fro: this seems not proper to these in...
Joel 2:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The March Of The Young Locust/Grasshopperss ( Joel 2:4-11 ). Joel then describes the onward ‘march' of the young locusts in their mass movement made up of sheer numbers, advancing like a huge ‘arm...
Joel 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter still urges repentance, directs for a meeting of the people, and assures that God will have compassion. Joel 2:1 . Blow ] Priests must sound an alarm, as if foreig...
Joel 2:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:1 . Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, to convoke a solemn assembly for fasting and humiliation. Numbers 10:2-3 . Joel 2:2 . A day of darkness, nigrum esse. The army of locusts obscured the...
Joel 2:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Joel 2:1-29 These verses contain a further description of the calamity occasioned by the locusts and the appearance presented by them; the calling of a congregational meeting for...
Joel 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet Urges Repentance
Joel 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 10:6 ; Jeremiah 9:21 ; John 10:1
Joel 2:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

A Bird's-Eye View of Joel Joel 2:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The Book of Joel anticipates the day of Jehovah. The 1st chapter has a definite historical setting, but it also looks forward in ant...
Joel 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Runs to and fro — This seems not proper to these insects, but it well suits with soldiers, that conquer a city and search all places for plunder. Run upon the wall — To clear the wall of all the be...

Joel 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joel 2:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joel 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joel 2:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joel 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joel 2:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joel 2:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joel 2:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joel 2:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joel 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joel 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joel 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joel 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joel 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joel 2:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joel 2:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 2:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joel 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joel 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joel 2:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joel 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes