Joel 2:1-7

2:1

Blow <08628> [Blow.]

trumpet <07782> [trumpet. or, cornet.]

alarm <07321> [and sound.]

holy <06944> [in my.]

inhabitants <03427> [let.]

day <03117> [for the.]

2:2

day .... darkness ... day <03117 02822> [A day of darkness.]

"The quantity of these insects," says a French author,"is incredible to all who have not themselves witnessed their astonishing numbers; the whole earth is covered with them for the space of several leagues. The noise they make in browsing on the trees and herbage may be heard at a great distance, and resembles that of an army in secret. Wherever their myriads spread, the verdure of the country disappears; trees and plants, stripped of their leaves and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of winter to succeed in an instant to the rich scenery of spring. When these clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any obstacles or to traverse more rapidly a desert soil, the heavens may literally be said to be obscured by them."

blackness <07837> [as.]

huge <07227> [a great.]

been <01961> [there.]

generations ... come <01755> [many generations. Heb. generation and generation.]

2:3

fire <0784> [fire.]

land <0776> [the land.]

behind .............. behind <0310> [and behind.]

2:4

2:5

sound .......... crackling <06963> [the noise.]

sound .......... crackling ... blazing <06963 03851> [like the noise of a.]

mighty <06099> [a strong.]

2:6

faces <06440> [all.]

pale <06289> [blackness. Heb. pot.]

2:7

charge ..... scale <07323> [They shall run.]

In their progress, says Dr. Shaw, "they kept their ranks like men of war; climbing over every tree or wall that was in their way. Nay, they entered into our very houses and bedchambers, like so many thieves. Every effort of the inhabitants to stop them was unavailing; the trenches they had dug were quickly filled up, and the fires they had kindled extinguished, by infinite swarms succeeding each other."

scale <05927> [climb.]

<03212> [they shall march.]