Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Joel 2:7

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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." Sa2 1:23, Sa2 2:18, Sa2 2:19; Psa 19:5; Isa 5:26-29 climb: Joe 2:9; Sa2 5:8; Jer 5:10 they shall march: Pro 30:27 Joel 2:8

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