Yuēĕrshū 2:9

9 Tāmen bèng shang chéng , cuān shang qiáng , pá shang fángwū , jìnrù chuānghu rútóng dàozéi .

Yuēĕrshū 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Joel 2:9

They shall run to and fro in the city
Leap about from place to place, as locusts do; see ( Isaiah 33:4 ) ; and as the Chaldeans did when they became masters of the city of Jerusalem; they ran about from place to place to seize upon their spoil and plunder: they shall run upon the wall;
which before they climbed, now they shall run upon, and go from tower to tower, as the Chaldeans did, and broke clown the walls and fortifications: they shall climb up upon the houses, and enter in at the windows, like
a thief;
so the locusts entered into the houses of the Egyptians, ( Exodus 10:6 ) ; and Pliny says ^F19, they will eat through everything, and even the doors of houses. Theodoret on the place observes, that not only this may be done by enemies, what is here said,

``but even [we have often seen] it done by locusts; for not only flying, but even creeping up the walls, they enter into houses at the windows.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Nat. Hist. l. 11. c. 29.

Yuēĕrshū 2:9 In-Context

7 Tāmen rú yǒng shì bēnpǎo , xiàng zhànshì pá chéng , gè dōu bùxíng , bú luàn duì wǔ .

8 Bǐcǐ bìng bú yōngjǐ , xiàng qián gè xíng qí lù . zhí chuǎng bīngqì , bú piān zuǒyòu .

9 Tāmen bèng shang chéng , cuān shang qiáng , pá shang fángwū , jìnrù chuānghu rútóng dàozéi .

10 Tāmen yī lái dìzhèn tiān dòng , rì yuè hūn àn , xīng xiǔ wú guāng .

11 Yēhéhuá zaì tā jūn lǚ qián fā shēng . tāde duì wǔ shén dà . chéngjiù tā méng de , shì qiángshèng zhĕ . yīnwei Yēhéhuá de rìzi dà ér kĕ wèi . shuí néng dāng dé qǐ ne .