Joel 2:2-11
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a day of darkness and gloom,(A)
a day of clouds and dense overcast,(B)
like the dawn spreading over the mountains;
a great and strong people(C) appears,
such as never existed in ages past(D)
and never will again
in all the generations to come.(E)
a day of clouds and dense overcast,(B)
like the dawn spreading over the mountains;
a great and strong people(C) appears,
such as never existed in ages past(D)
and never will again
in all the generations to come.(E)
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4
5
They bound on the tops of the mountains.
Their sound is like the sound of chariots,(J)
like the sound of fiery flames consuming stubble,(K)
like a mighty army deployed for war.
Their sound is like the sound of chariots,(J)
like the sound of fiery flames consuming stubble,(K)
like a mighty army deployed for war.
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7
They attack as warriors attack;
they scale walls as men of war do.
Each goes on his own path,(M)
and they do not change their course.
8 they scale walls as men of war do.
Each goes on his own path,(M)
and they do not change their course.
They do not push each other;
each man proceeds on his own path.
They dodge the arrows, never stopping.
9 each man proceeds on his own path.
They dodge the arrows, never stopping.
They storm the city;
they run on the wall;
they climb into the houses;(N)
they enter through the windows like thieves.(O)
they run on the wall;
they climb into the houses;(N)
they enter through the windows like thieves.(O)
Footnotes:
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Joel 2:3: Lit consumes