Joel 2:2-11

2 aa day of darkness and gloom,
ba day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains
ca great and powerful people;
dtheir like has never been before,
nor will be again after them
through the years of all generations.
3 eFire devours before them,
and behind them a flame burns.
The land is like fthe garden of Eden before them,
but gbehind them a desolate wilderness,
and nothing escapes them.
4 hTheir appearance is like the appearance of horses,
and like war horses they run.
5 iAs with the rumbling of chariots,
they leap on the tops of the mountains,
like the crackling of ja flame of fire
devouring the stubble,
klike a powerful army
drawn up for battle.
6 Before them peoples are in anguish;
lall 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;
meach marches in his path;
they burst through the weapons
and are not halted.
9 nThey leap upon the city,
they run upon the walls,
othey climb up into the houses,
pthey enter through the windows qlike a thief.
10 rThe earth quakes before them;
the heavens tremble.
sThe sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
11 tThe Lord utters his voice
before uhis army,
for his camp is exceedingly great;
vhe who executes his word is powerful.
wFor the day of the Lord is xgreat and very awesome;
ywho can endure it?

Joel 2:20

20 “I will remove the northerner far from you,
and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
his vanguard
Hebrew face
into aathe eastern sea,
and his rear guard
Hebrew  his end
into acthe western sea;
adthe stench and foul smell of him will rise,
for he has done great things.
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