Joel 2:8
Context| NETBible | 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. |
| XREF | 2Ch 23:10; 2Ch 32:5; Ne 4:17,23; Job 33:18; Job 36:12; So 4:13 |
| NET © Notes |
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. |
