Joel 2:7
They shall run like mighty men; they mshall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall nmarch every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
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Psalms 127:0 A Song of degrees for Solomon.
Psalms 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Jeremiah 5:10 ¶Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.
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Proverbs 30:27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Revelation 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
locusts, and they who by the locusts are signified, viz. Chaldeans, Assyrians, or Babylonians,
with speed, fierceness, and irresistible power, against their enemies.
valiant and strong men, or giants.
no walls of any fortified towns shall be high enough to keep them out. Strange locusts, that assault cities! but armed and commissioned of God, they shall vigorously act their part, and do what he appointeth and commandeth them to do.
who fear no power that from within the cities might oppose them, they shall valiantly and skilfully manage the assault.
naturalists testify the truth of this in the stories of these insects, and their marshalling of themselves, of which also see Pro 30:27 Nah 3:17. This skill in ordering, and steadiness in keeping order, like exactly trained soldiers, foretells the terror and strength both of the armies signified by these locusts, and of the locusts themselves. As these then did, so the Assyrians, Chaldeans, or Babylonians should proceed in arms against this people.