Joe 2 | TSK | STEP | He shews unto Zion the terribleness of God's judgment. He exhorts to repentance; prescribes a fast; promises a blessing thereon. He comforts Zion with present, and future blessings. Blow. trumpet. or, cornet. and sound. in my. let. for the.

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."

10,31; 3:14,15; Ex 20:21; Ps 97:2; Isa 5:30; 8:22; Jer 13:16

Am 5:18-20; Zep 1:14,15; Heb 12:18; Jude 1:13

as.

Am 4:13

a great.

5,11,25; 1:6

there.

1:2,3; Ex 10:6,14; Da 12:1; Mr 13:19

many generations. Heb. generation and generation.

De 32:7; Ps 10:6; *margins

fire.

1:19,20; Ps 50:3; Am 7:4

the land.

Ge 2:8; 13:10; Isa 51:3; Eze 31:8,9

and behind.

1:4-7; Ex 10:5,15; Jer 5:17; Zec 7:14

Re 9:7

the noise.

Na 2:3,4; 3:2,3; Re 9:9

like the noise of a.

Isa 5:24; 30:30; Mt 3:12

a strong.

all.

Ps 119:83; Isa 13:8; Jer 8:21; 30:6; La 4:8; Na 2:10

blackness. Heb. pot.

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."

2Sa 1:23; 2:18,19; Ps 19:5; Isa 5:26-29

climb.

9; 2Sa 5:8; Jer 5:10

they shall march.

Pr 30:27

sword. or, dart.

2Ch 23:10; 32:5; *marg:

Ne 4:17,23; Job 33:18; 36:12; So 4:13

enter.

Ex 10:6; Jer 9:21; Joh 10:1

earth.

Ps 18:7; 114:7; Na 1:5; Mt 27:51; Re 6:12; 20:11

the sun.

2,31; 3:15; Isa 13:10; 34:4; Jer 4:23; Eze 32:7; Am 5:8; Mt 24:29

Mr 13:24,25; Lu 21:25,26; Ac 2:20; Re 8:12

utter.

3:16; 2Sa 22:14,15; Ps 46:6; Isa 7:18; 13:4; 42:13; Jer 25:30; Am 1:2

his army.

he is.

Jer 50:34; Re 18:8

the day.

Jer 30:7; Am 5:18,20; Zep 1:15

who.

Nu 24:23; Na 1:6; Mal 3:2; Re 6:17

turn.

De 4:29,30; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ki 8:47-49; 2Ch 6:38,39; 7:13,14; Isa 55:6,7

Jer 4:1; 29:12,13; La 3:40,41; Ho 6:1; 12:6; 14:1; Zec 1:3,4

Ac 26:20

with fasting.

Jud 20:26; 1Sa 7:6; 2Ch 20:3,4; Ne 9:1,2; Isa 22:12; Jon 3:5-8

Zec 7:3,5; 12:10-14; Jas 4:8,9

rend.Here the word "rend" is used only once, but with two significations; in the former sentence it is used figuratively; in the latter literally--the heart not being rent in the same sense in which garments are rent.

2Ki 22:19; Ps 34:18; 51:17; Isa 57:15; 66:2; Eze 9:4; Mt 5:3,4

your garments.

Ge 37:29,34; 2Sa 1:11; 1Ki 21:27; 2Ki 5:7; 6:30; 22:11; Job 1:20

Isa 58:5; Mt 6:16-18; 1Ti 4:8

for.

Ex 34:6,7; Nu 14:18; Ps 86:5,15; 145:7-9; Jon 4:2; Mic 7:18; Ro 2:4

Ro 5:20,21; Eph 2:4

slow.

Ne 9:17; Ps 103:8; Na 1:3; Jas 1:19,20

and repenteth.

Ps 106:45; Jer 18:7,8; Am 7:2-6; Jon 4:2

Who.