Matthew Poole and continuators on Joel 2:11

11 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 ?

Iehova[illegible: 1 letter] the Eternal and Almighty God, Lord of Hosts.

Summon them in, and encourage them as a General doth encourage his Souldiers ingaging in fight, God commands their attendance, and countenanceth their attempts.

Of locusts and insects, and of Assyrians, Chaldeans or Babylonians signified by locusts.

Very numerous, and strong, and therefore described by the Prophet in a manner almost above belief; it is the Host which God gathers together, and by which he will do great things.

He giveth strength to his Army, and is among them the strong one, he doth by them execute his own purpose and threats, and so shews his strength.

What he hath declared and threatned to do.

See chap. 1. ver. 15. let. d. e. f. g.

Wherein great sinners are punisht, great judgements are executed, by great power in the instruments, and by greater power in the hand that useth them.

Full of terrour and such as will make the stourest heart quail.

Neither King, Nobles or Warriours, but all faces gather blackness, as 'tis verse 6, 7, 9, 10.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 30.7. [illegible: 1 word]. 5.12. [illegible: 1 word] 1.15.