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Joel 2:4
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Como aspecto de caballos es su aspecto, y como corceles de guerra, así corren.
Su parecer, como parecer de caballos; y como gente de a caballo correr�n.
Su parecer, como parecer de caballos; y como gente de a caballo correr�n.
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Revelation 9:7
Reciprocal: Isaiah 13:4 - like as Jeremiah 51:14 - as with
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The appearance of them [is] as the appearance of horses,.... in their running, as Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it; they came with, as much swiftness and eagerness, with as much fierceness and courage, as horses rush into the battle. Bochart h has shown, from various writers, that the head of a locust is in shape like that of a horse; and Theodoret on the text observes, that whoever thoroughly examines the head of a locust will easily perceive that it is very like the head of a horse; see Revelation 9:7. The Chaldeans are often represented as strong and mighty, fierce and furious, and riding on horses exceeding swift, Jeremiah 4:13;
and as horsemen, so shall they run; with great agility and swiftness. The particle "as" is observed by some, against those interpreters that apply this wholly to the enemies of the Jews, and not the locusts; and it seems indeed best to favour them; but Theodoret observes, that the "as" here may be taken, not as a note of similitude, but as used for the increase and vehemency of the expression.
h Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 4. c. 5. p. 474, 475.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The appearance of them, is as the appearance of horses - “If you carefully consider the head of the locust,” says Theodoret, a Bishop in Syria, “you will find it exceedingly like that of a horse.” Whence the Arabs, of old and to this day , say; “In the locust, slight as it is, is the nature of ten of the larger animals, the face of a horse, the eyes of an elephant, the neck of abull, the horns of a deer, the chest of a lion, the belly of a scorpion, the wings of an eagle, the thighs of a camel, the feet of an ostrich, the tail of a serpent.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 4. The appearance of horses — The head of the locust is remarkably like that of the horse; and so Ray on Insects describes them: Caput oblongum, equi instar, prona spectans - "They have an oblong head, like to that of a horse, bending downward." On this account the Italians call them cavaletta, cavalry. Bochart remarks, from an Arabic writer, that the locusts resemble ten different kinds of animals:
1. The HORSE in its head.
2. The ELEPHANT in its eyes.
3. The BULL in its neck.
4. The STAG in its horns.
5. The LION in its breast.
6. The SCORPION in its belly.
7. The EAGLE in its wings.
8. The CAMEL in its thighs.
9. The OSTRICH in its feet. And
10. The SERPENT in its tail.
Vid. Hieroz., vol. ii., p. 475, edit. 1692.
But its most prominent resemblance is to the horse, which the prophet mentions; and which the Arabic writer puts in the first place, as being the chief.
