And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army,.... Either the army of the locusts, whom Pliny (u) calls "pestis deorum", "the plague of the gods"; and the Arabians frequently style them the army…
Barnes' Notes
And the Lord shall utter His voice - The prophet had described at length the coming of God’s judgments, as a mighty army. But lest amid the judgments, people should, (as they often do) forget the…
Here we have God contending with his own professing people for their sins and executing upon them the judgment written in the law (Deu 28:42), The fruit of thy land shall the locust consume, which was…
Cambridge Bible
And Jehovah uttereth his voice viz. in thunder, as Psa 18:13; Psa 46:6, and regularly: see on Amo 1:2.
before his army the locusts, as described in Joe 2:2-9. Cf. Joe 2:2.
for, &c. Three co-ordinate…
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