Joel 2:1–11
aBlow ye the ||trumpet bin Zion, and asound an alarm in bmy holy mountain:
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble:
cFor the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
2 cdeA day of darkness and deof gloominess,
dfA day of clouds and dfof thick darkness,
As gthe morning spread upon the mountains:
hA great people and a strong;
iThere hath not been ever the like,
Neither shall be any more after it,
Even to the years †of many generations.
3 jA fire devoureth before them;
And behind them ja flame burneth:
The land is as kthe garden of Eden before them,
And kkbehind them la desolate wilderness;
Yea, and llnothing shall escape them.
4 mThe appearance of them is as the appearance of horses;
And as horsemen, so shall they run.
5 nLike the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they nnleap,
Like the noise of a flame of ofire that devoureth the stubble,
hAs a strong people set in battle array.
6 Before their face the people shall be much pained:
pAll faces qshall gather †blackness.
7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war;
And they shall march every one on his ways,
And they shall not break their ranks:
8 Neither shall one rthrust another;
They shall walk every one in his path:
And when they fall upon the ||sword, they shall not sbe wounded.
9 tThey shall urun to and fro in the city;
They shall urun upon the wall,
They shall climb up upon the houses;
vThey shall enter in at the windows vvlike a thief.
10 wThe earth shall quake before them;
wThe heavens shall tremble:
xyThe sun and the moon shall be dark,
xAnd the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11 And xxthe Lord shall utter his voice before yhis army:
aFor he is strong that executeth his word:
For bcthe day of the Lord is great and very cterrible;
And dwho can abide it?