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Joel 2:8

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2:8 They do not jostle one another; 1 

each of them marches straight ahead. 2 

They burst through 3  the city defenses 4 

and do not break ranks.

1 tn “each one does not crowd his brother.”

2 tn Heb “each warrior walks in his own course.”

3 tn Heb “they fall upon.” This line has been interpreted in two different ways: (1) although they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded (KJV), or (2) when they “burst through” the city’s defenses, they will not break ranks (RSV, NASB, NIV, NIrV).

4 tn Heb “missile” or “javelin.” This term appears to function as a synecdoche for the city’s defenses as a whole (cf. NASB, NIV, TEV). Some scholars instead understand the reference to be an aqueduct by which the locusts (or armies) entered the city.



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