Joel 2:3
“A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
A fire devoureth before them, and behind them aflame burneth,.... This is not to be understood of the heat of the sun,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
A fire devoureth before them ... - Travelers, of different nations and characters, and in different lands, some…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Joel 2:1-11
Here we have God contending with his own professing people for their sins and executing upon them the judgment written…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
A fire devoureth before them, &c. A hyperbolical description of the destructive march of a swarm of locusts: the country…
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