Joel 2:20

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But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the eastern sea, and his back toward the western sea, and his stench shall come up, and his foul smell shall come up, because he has done great things.

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Cassiodorus Senator

AD 585

Joel, the prophet, offers evidence about [the devil] with these words: “And I will remove far off from you the northern one, and I will drive him into the land thirsty and desert, and I shall expel his face into the nearest sea and his hinder parts into the utmost sea.” We thank you, Lord, for this arrangement. What would the devil do if free, when he afflicts the world when bound? Exposition of the Psalms

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

The northern enemy. Some understand this of Holofernes and his army, others of the locusts. (Challoner) Protestants, "the northern army. "Hebrew may denote (Haydock) wind. This often drives away locusts. Those here spoken of were drowned in the Mediterranean and Dead Seas. (Calmet) This occasioned a pestilence, (St. Jerome; St. Augustine, City of God iv. 31.) to prevent which the locusts were to be speedily buried, Isaias xxxiii. 4. Proudly. Hebrew, "great things. "God, or the locusts are meant.

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Richard Challoner

AD 1781

The northern enemy: Some understand this of Holofernes and his army: others, of the locusts.

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