Joe 2:2-11 | NASB2020 | STEP | A day of darkness and gloom , A day of clouds and thick darkness . As 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 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 devours.
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 about on the tops of the mountains,
Like the ^{▼▼Lit sound}crackling of a ^kflame of fire consuming the stubble,
Like a mighty people drawn up for battle.
6 Before them the people are in ^languish;
All ^mfaces ^{▼▼Or become flushed}turn pale.
7 They run like warriors,
They climb the wall like soldiers;
And each of them ^omarches ^{▼▼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 ^shouses,
They ^tenter through the windows like a thief.
10 Before them the earth ^uquakes,
The heavens tremble,
The ^vsun and the moon become dark,
And the stars lose their brightness.
11 The Lord ^wutters His voice before ^xHis army;
His camp is indeed very great,
For ^ymighty is one who carries out His word.
The ^zday of the Lord is indeed great and very awesome,
And ^aawho can endure it?