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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
idiomatic nam...
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II. THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD: THE REPENTANCE AND RESTORATION OF
ISRAEL
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The alarm sounded and the day at hand (Joel 2:1) _
2. The invading army from the north (Joel 2:3)
3. The rep...
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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 realise...
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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;...
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Further description of the march of the locusts. They move on like
some mighty host: the noise of their approach is heard from afar; they
spread terror before them; their advance is irresistible; the...
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The signs of the approaching Day.
_A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness_
So Zephaniah 1:15. Four synonyms are combined, for the purpose of
emphasizing the darkness, whi...
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The attack, anticipated by the peoples with alarm (Joel 2:6) now
follows: the onward movement of the locusts is compared to that of a
well-appointed army: nothing impedes their advance; there is no
di...
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_They_ COURSE ABOUT _in the city;_ THEY RUN _upon the wall_ no sooner
have they gained an entrance than they make the city their own, and
take possession of the walls. The exact force of the word rend...
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_THE DAY OF THE LORD IS GREAT -- JOEL 2:1-11:_ The trumpet was blown
to warn the nation of danger and invasion. The warning was sounded in
order that the people could tremble and make matters right wi...
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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
dr...
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THE EXECUTORGOD USING NATURAL AGENTS
TEXT: Joel 2:1-11
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Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain;
let all the inhabitants _of_ the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah
c...
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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 order of...
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RV 'They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up
into the houses; they enter.'
10. 'The earth quaketh.. heavens tremble.. are darkened.. stars
withdraw.' The advent of the locusts i...
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REPENTANCE FOLLOWED BY RESTORATION
Joel 2:1 are another description of the locust plague. An alarm is
sounded as though the Day of Jehovah had come (Joel 2:1). The advance
of the locusts into the city...
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THE DAY OF THE LORD
JOEL
_ROY ROHU_
CHAPTER 2
THE ARMY OF *LOCUSTS
V1 Blow the *trumpet in *Zion.
Tell the people on the *Lord’s hill to watch for trouble....
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(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 environ...
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בָּ † עִ֣יר יָשֹׁ֗קּוּ בַּֽ † חֹומָה֙...
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THE LOCUSTS AND THE DAY OF THE LORD
Joel 1:2; Joel 2:1
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 worked
are des...
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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. The memory...
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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
visitatio...
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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 o...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
"The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel." Like
Hosea, Joel is one of the earliest prophets (being earlier even than
Jonah), but differs ess...
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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 Prophet he...
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Joel 2:1 sounds the alarm, because the day is near. The day is then
described as the invasion of a people, the like of whom had never been
seen by Israel or the land. It was, in fact, the army of Jeho...
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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 about fr...
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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 sold...
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_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
fru...
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1-14 The priests were to alarm the people with the near approach of
the Divine judgments. It is the work of ministers to warn of the fatal
consequences of sin, and to reveal the wrath from heaven aga...
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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 insec...
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Joel 2:9 fro H8264 (H8799) city H5892 run H7323 (H8799) wall H2346
climb H5927 (H8799) houses...
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THE MARCH OF THE YOUNG LOCUST/GRASSHOPPERSS (JOEL 2:4).
Joel then describes the onward ‘march' of the young locusts in their
mass movement made up of sheer numbers, advancing like a huge ‘army'
coveri...
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CONTENTS: Day of vengeance upon Israel. Invading hosts and awful
scourges. Repentance of the Jewish remnant and Jehovah's response and
deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Joel.
CONCLUSION: The...
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Joel 2:1. _Blow ye the trumpet in Zion,_ to convoke a solemn assembly
for fasting and humiliation. Numbers 10:2.
Joel 2:2. _A day of darkness, nigrum esse._ The army of locusts
obscured the light whil...
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JOEL 2:1 Army Invasion: The Arrival of the Day of the Lord. Joel
describes the coming of an army, whose arrival may yet be prevented by
a wholehearted return to the Lord. Verses Joel 2:1 describe the...
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JOEL—NOTE ON JOEL 2:7 THEY DO NOT SWERVE.... THEY DO NOT JOSTLE.
This army cannot be moved from its assigned course.
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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 foreign invasi...
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EXPOSITION
JOEL 2:1
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 penitence a...
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Now he uses this as the springboard and he begins to speak now of a
yet future day of devastation that is coming from armies that are to
invade the land. And in the second chapter, as he describes thi...
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Exodus 10:6; Jeremiah 9:21; John 10:1...
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A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF JOEL
Joel 2:1
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
anticipatio...
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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
besie...