Comentário sobre Joel 2:9

In the city they clatter Heb. יָשֹׁקּוּ. This is an expression of making a din. Cf. (Isa. 33:4) “like the roaring (כְּמַשַּׁק) of the cisterns”; (Prov. 28: 15) “A growling (שּׁוֹקֵק) bear”; (Zeph. 2:9) “the clattering of (מִמְשַׁק) the thorns.” Jonathan, however, renders it as an expression of arms (נֶשֶק). They are armed.

Rashi translates "bair yishoko" as meaning hearing the sound, similarly to how the word "shok" is used in Isiah (33:4). And some translate as "armed weapons". And I say the meaning incorporates both ideas. According to Rashi there was a numerous amount and when they besieged the city they rose up on the wall and let their voices out on the voice. A voice of power. And this is the meaning of the "bair yishoko" and call out. The next phrase "on the walls they axcend and go into the houses through the windows like thieves." and maybe the "bair yishoko" refers to the inhabitants of the city. That when they heard the enemeis call out in the city and on the wall, the men of the city wanted to defend themselves to the enemies not to come in. But it did not help them to do anything because the Babylonians were in the houses. This refers to the houses that stood against the wall and had windows into the city wall. These were narrow and they came into them like theives meaning just like a thief sneaks in the window so too this great nation. According to the translation of Yonaton it says that the most enemies after entering the city after a siege will turn to food, drink and women. But these enemies befor they enetered the city prepared to battle with strength and initally on the wall they ascend to send fights from there and afterwards in the houses they entered and even though the inhabitants closed their doors, they came in through the windoes. And from this we can explain the truth that this prophecy refers to the Babylonians (and not locuts) and therefore it says "each man does not push his fellow. they walk in their own path" and how could the locuts be referred to as "man". Rather the word "man" must refer to soldiers. And also how it says they didn't take spoils but came in to dominate. And how could you say "taking spoils" refers to locuts. To the point where the Ibin Ezra translated the word as "not being injured"

And after the prophet discusses the power of the bablyonians he says (10)- before them the earth trembles. Meaning that the inhabitants of the land of Israel tremble before them. Because of the great trouble coming it says tat the heavens, sun and moon and stars gathered together to trouble the Judeans on the way. That's what Shlomo Hamelech teaches in Kohelet (12:2) "before sun and light and moon and stars grow dark". And it's possible to me that it means that the upper powers in the heavens also poured bad on Israel when Israel entered the state of "hester panim" (Gd hiding His Face). And the prophet describes the troubles that the Babylonians brought when destroying the land, letting us know beforehand and giving an opportunity for teshuva (11)- and "Hashem raised His Voice before the army (aka the Babylonians)". The Bablyonians are called His army because they were sent by Him through hashgacha pratis to avenge His Name like it says that the King of Babylonia, NevudNezer is called My servant. And Hashem lets us know trhough His prophet that the Babylonian camp is numerous and mighty (Isiah 5:26) "and He will raise a banner to the nations from afar and call out to the end of the earth and before, quickly they come. None are weary or stumble...their arrows are sharpened...they roar like lions...and He looks to the land and behold it is darkness in the lowerfing cloud" And this prophecy also shows how Hashem put out His Voice and prophecy before the army came and it let us know the army is mightly in power and number and that it was sent by Hashem. Because "great is the day of Gd" that on that day He wreaks his vengence and great is the day of trouble and rebuke, the day of the 9th of Av that comes like a great destruction of fear because He is Awesome and who can stand before Him