Joe 2:5-7 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 5. Like the noise of chariots ] Bochart also remarks:-"The locusts fly with a great noise , so as to be heard six miles off , and while they are eating the fruits of the earth, the sound of them is like that of a flame driven by the wind ."- Ibid ., p. 478.

‏ Joel 2:5-7

Verse 5. Like the noise of chariots] Bochart also remarks:-"The locusts fly with a great noise, so as to be heard six miles off, and while they are eating the fruits of the earth, the sound of them is like that of a flame driven by the wind."-Ibid., p. 478.

Verse 6. All faces shall gather blackness.] Universal mourning shall take place, because they know that such a plague is irresistible.

Verse 7. Like mighty men-like men of war (and as horsemen, Joe 2:4)] The prophet does not say they are such, but they resemble. They are locusts; but in their operations they are LIKE the above.

They shall not break their ranks] See the account on Joe 2:2, from Dr. Shaw.