Joe 2:2-11 | NASB1995 | STEP | A day of darkness and gloom , A day of clouds and thick darkness . As the dawn is spread over the mountains , So there is a great and mighty people ; There has never been anything like it, Nor will there be again after it To the years of many generations .

Joel 2:2-11

2 A day of ^adarkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a ^bgreat and mighty people;
There has ^cnever been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it
To the years of many generations.
3 A ^dfire consumes before them
And behind them a flame burns.
The land is ^elike the garden of Eden before them
But a ^fdesolate wilderness behind them,
And nothing at all escapes them.
4 Their ^gappearance is like the appearance of horses;
And like war horses, so they run.
5 ^{▼▼ Lit Like the noise of chariots}With a ⁱnoise as of chariots
They leap on the tops of the mountains,
Like the ^{▼▼ Lit noise}crackling of a ^kflame of fire consuming the stubble,
Like a mighty people arranged for battle.
6 Before them the people are in ^languish;
All ^mfaces ^{▼▼ Or become flushed}turn pale.
7 They run like mighty men,
They climb the wall like soldiers;
And they each ^omarch ^{▼▼ Lit in his ways}in line,
Nor do they deviate from their paths.
8 They do not crowd each other,
They march everyone in his path;
When they ^{▼▼ Lit fall}burst through the ^{▼▼ Lit weapon, probably javelin}defenses,
They do not break ranks.
9 They rush on the city,
They run on the wall;
They climb into the ^shouses,
They ^tenter through the windows like a thief.
10 Before them the earth ^uquakes,
The heavens tremble,
The ^vsun and the moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
11 The Lord ^wutters His voice before ^xHis army;
Surely His camp is very great,
For ^ystrong is he who carries out His word.
The ^zday of the Lord is indeed great and very awesome,
And ^aawho can endure it?