Joel 2:1-11
The Day of the Lord
1 aBlow a trumpet in bZion;sound an alarm on cmy holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for dthe day of the Lord is coming; it is near,
2 ea day of darkness and gloom,
fa day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains
ga great and powerful people;
htheir like has never been before,
nor will be again after them
through the years of all generations.
3 iFire devours before them,
and behind them a flame burns.
The land is like jthe garden of Eden before them,
but kbehind them a desolate wilderness,
and nothing escapes them.
4 lTheir appearance is like the appearance of horses,
and like war horses they run.
5 mAs with the rumbling of chariots,
they leap on the tops of the mountains,
like the crackling of na flame of fire
devouring the stubble,
olike a powerful army
drawn up for battle.
6 Before them peoples are in anguish;
pall faces grow pale.
7Like warriors they charge;
like soldiers they scale the wall.
They march each on his way;
they do not swerve from their paths.
8They do not jostle one another;
qeach marches in his path;
they burst through the weapons
and are not halted.
9 rThey leap upon the city,
they run upon the walls,
sthey climb up into the houses,
tthey enter through the windows ulike a thief.
10 vThe earth quakes before them;
the heavens tremble.
wThe sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
11 xThe Lord utters his voice
before yhis army,
for his camp is exceedingly great;
zhe who executes his word is powerful.
aaFor the day of the Lord is abgreat and very awesome;
acwho can endure it?
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