Joel 2:1-11
The Terrible Visitation
1 aBlow a trumpet in Zion,And sound an alarm on My holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
For the bday of the Lord is coming;
Indeed, it is near,
2 A day of cdarkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness.
As dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a dgreat and mighty people;
There has enever been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it
To the years of many generations.
3 A ffire consumes before them,
And behind them a flame devours.
The land is glike the Garden of Eden before them,
But a hdesolate wilderness behind them,
And nothing at all escapes them.
4 Their iappearance is like the appearance of horses;
And like war horses, so they run.
5 ▼
▼Lit Like the noise of chariots
With a knoise as of chariots They leap about on the tops of the mountains,
Like the ▼
▼Lit sound
crackling of a mflame of fire consuming the stubble, Like a mighty people drawn up for battle.
6 Before them the people are in nanguish;
All ofaces ▼
▼Or become flushed
turn pale. 7 They run like warriors,
They climb the wall like soldiers;
And each of them qmarches ▼
▼Lit in his ways
in line, Nor do they lose their way.
8 They do not crowd each other,
Every warrior of them marches in his path;
When they ▼
▼Lit fall
burst through the ▼▼Lit weapon, prob. javelin
defenses, They do not break ranks.
9 They storm the city,
They run on the wall;
They climb into the uhouses,
They venter through the windows like a thief.
10 Before them the earth wquakes,
The heavens tremble,
The xsun and the moon become dark,
And the stars lose their brightness.
11 The Lord yutters His voice before zHis army;
His camp is indeed very great,
For aamighty is one who carries out His word.
The abday of the Lord is indeed great and very awesome,
And acwho can endure it?
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