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1 Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the LORD is coming; Indeed, it is near, 2 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. 3 A fire consumes before them, And behind them a flame devours. The land is like the Garden of Eden before them, But a desolate wilderness behind them, And nothing at all escapes them. 4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like war horses, so they run. 5 With a noise as of chariots They leap about on the tops of the mountains, Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble, Like a mighty people drawn up for battle. 6 Before them the people are in anguish; All faces turn pale. 7 They run like warriors, They climb the wall like soldiers; And each of them marches 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 burst through the defenses, They do not break ranks. Joel 2:1-8, New American Standard Bible. Copyright © 2020 by The Lockman Foundation.
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