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Joel 2:7

Verse 7 of 32. The 2nd of 3 chapters in Joel, in The Minor Prophets.

3A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

4Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and they run as horsemen.

5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people set in battle array.

6At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.

7They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.

8One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.

9They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.

10The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

11The LORD thunders his voice before his army, for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of the LORD is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.