Joel 2:9

They course about in the city; they run upon the wall no sooner have they gained an entrance than they make the city their own, and take possession of the walls. The exact force of the word rendered course aboutis not certain: it is used of locusts in Isaiah 33:4 ("like the attackof locusts, shall they attackit"), of a bear in Proverbs 28:15 ("A growling lion, and a rangingbear"), and (in a reflexive form) of chariots charging the suburbs of a city in Nahum 2:4 ("they justle one anotherin the broad places").

climb up into the houses cf. Exodus 10:6. Modern travellers relate the same: e.g. Morier, below, p. 89. Eastern windows, being not glazed, but consisting merely of an opening with lattice-work, would naturally present no obstacle to the entrance of the locusts.