Joel 2:9

Joel 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)They rush upon the city; they run along the wall. They climb into the houses; like thieves they enter through the windows.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They leap upon the city, they run upon the walls, they climb up into the houses, they enter through the windows like a thief.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They run to and fro in the city, They run on the wall; They climb into the houses, They enter at the windows like a thief.

Context of Joel 2:9

7They attack as warriors attack; they scale walls as men of war do. Each goes on his own path, and they do not change their course. 8They do not push each other; each proceeds on his own path. They dodge the arrows, never stopping. They storm the city; they run on the wall; they climb into the houses; they enter through the windows like thieves. 10The earth quakes before them; the sky shakes. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars cease their shining. 11The Lord makes his voice heard in the presence of his army. His camp is very large; those who carry out his command are powerful. Indeed, the day of the Lord is terrible and dreadful — who can endure it?

Joel 2:9 word by word

בָּעִ֣יר יָשֹׁ֗קּוּ בַּֽחוֹמָה֙ יְרֻצ֔וּן בַּבָּתִּ֖ים יַעֲל֑וּ בְּעַ֧ד הַחַלּוֹנִ֛ים יָבֹ֖אוּ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall run to and froשָׁקַקshâqaq · to rushH8264
• in the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• they shall runרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
• upon the wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• they shall climb upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• upon the housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• they shall enter inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• at the windowsחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474
• like a thiefגַּנָּבgannâb · thiefH1590

Cross-references for Joel 2:9

• Exodus 10:6They will fill your houses, all your officials’ houses, and the houses of all the Egyptians — something your fathers and grandfathers never saw since the time they occupied the land until today.” Then he turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
• Jeremiah 9:21for Death has climbed through our windows; it has entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets, young men from the squares.
• John 10:1“Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber.

Commentaries on Joel 2:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9They 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 names for the whole of London or “the city of London.” In Wales “town” is, with the country people, the neighboring town with which alone they are familiar. There is no ambiguity in the living language. In Guernsey, one who should call Port Pierre by any other…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9The locusts invaded both cities and farms, moving like a well-trained army. They scaled city walls and swarmed over the city. They found every way to enter, even climbing through windows like thieves.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. Depicting the regular military order of their advance, "One locust not turning a nail's breadth out of his own place in the march" [Jerome]. Compare Pr 30:27, "The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands."Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 2:9

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Joel
• War

In the dictionaries

• Darkness
• Fat
• Locust
• Pour
• Rend
• Reproach
• Thrust
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Joel (2)
• Fasts

Commentaries on Joel 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings