John Trapp on Joel 1:6

Verſe 6. For a nation is come up upon my land,] A nation, ſc. of vermine,Sic columella de apibus. Virgil. de piſcib Hom. de muſcis. by ſwarmes, as verſ. 9. called afterwards, an army chap. 2.11. and a people, chap. 2.2. See the like Prov. 30.25, 26. Is come,] that is, ſhortly ſhall come. Ʋpon my land,] this glorious and goodly land, as it is called Dan. 11.16. Tarnouius makes this by a miméſis to be the drunkards lamentation A nation is come up, &c. Strong and without number.] yea therefore ſtrong, becauſe without number: inſuperable, becauſe innumerable. Feeble they are, and yet formidable; becauſe ſet on by God Almighty, whoſe warriers they are, as the Roman ſpoylers are called, Matt. 22.7. And perhaps the Aſſyrians may here be hinted at. I doubt not but the literall ſence is chiefly intended: Neither can I concur with Oecolampadius, who holdeth it to be Propheta indignum, unbeſeeming the Prophet, to preach thus concerning worms and locuſts: For concerning ſuch poor creatures deal the Prophets by the inſtinct of the Holy Ghoſt, in ſundry other places, Prov. 6.6. Am. 4.9. and 7.1. Nahum. 3.15. Whoſe teeth are the teeth of a lion.] that is, they devour all that is in their way; as there is no ſtanding before a lion, no not before a moth, that hath commiſſion to cruſh a man, Job 4.19.