24
He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
Highlighted
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 24. Ground. This expression is still used by the Arabs, to denote velocity. Grotius.—Septuagint “in wrath he will make the earth disappear.” Bible.—
Mox sanguis venis melior calet, ire viarum
Longa volunt latumque fugâ consumere campum. Nemesianus.
—Account. Hebrew “believe that,” or “stops not when.” He is so eager to rush forward to battle.
Si qua sonum procul arma dedêre,
Stare loco nescit, micat auribus et tremit artus. Georg. iii.
Private to this browser.