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They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don`t swerve off course.
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The Discipline of Judgment
Commentators are struck by the military precision described in the verse. The invaders, whether literal locusts or a symbolic army, march in perfect, unbroken ranks like elite soldiers. This isn't chaos; it's a divinely orchestrated force. Scholars like Albert Barnes see this as a powerful illustration that God's judgments are never random but are precisely aimed and executed with awe-inspiring order and purpose.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They shall run like mighty men - They are on God’s message, and they do not linger, but rejoice to run their course ([Refe…
19th Century
Anglican
They shall run like mighty men—The onward irresistible march of the invaders is graphically described by the illustration…
16th Century
Protestant
This chapter contains serious exhortations, mixed with threatenings; but the Prophet threatens for the purpose of correcting the indifference of th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They shall run like mighty men Like men of war, in a hostile way, as soldiers run upon their enemy with undaunted courage and …
The priests were to alarm the people with the near approach of Divine judgments. It is the work of ministers to warn of the fatal consequences of s…