Joel 2:6

6 Ante él se estremecen las naciones;todo rostro palidece.

Joel 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

Joel 2:6

Before their face the people shall be much pained
Or, "at their presence"; at the sight of them they shall be in pain, as a woman in travail; into such distress an army of locusts would throw them, since they might justly fear all the fruits of the earth would be devoured by them, and they should have nothing left to live upon; and a like consternation and pain the army of the Assyrians or Chaldeans upon sight filled them with, as they expected nothing but ruin and destruction from them: all faces shall gather blackness;
like that of a pot, as the word ^F13 signifies; or such as appears in persons dying, or in fits and swoons; and this here, through fear and hunger; see ( Nahum 2:10 ) ( Lamentations 4:8 ) ( 5:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (rwrap) "fuliginem", Montanus; "luridum ollae colorem", Tigurine version, Tarnovius; "ollam pro nigore ollae", Drusius.

Joel 2:6 In-Context

4 Tienen aspecto de caballos;galopan como corceles.

5 Y al saltar sobre las cumbres de los montes,producen un estruendo como el de carros de guerra,como el crepitar del fuego al consumir la hojarasca.¡Son como un ejército poderoso en formación de batalla!

6 Ante él se estremecen las naciones;todo rostro palidece.

7 Atacan como guerreros,escalan muros como soldados.Cada uno mantiene la marchasin romper la formación.

8 No se atropellan entre sí;cada uno marcha en línea.Se lanzan entre las flechassin romper filas.