Joel 2:2-9

2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was in ancient times nor ever will be in ages to come.

3 Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the land is like the garden of Eden, behind them, a desert waste— nothing escapes them.

4 They have the appearance of horses; they gallop along like cavalry.

5 With a noise like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops, like a crackling fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle.

6 At the sight of them, nations are in anguish; every face turns pale.

7 They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. They all march in line, not swerving from their course.

8 They do not jostle each other; each marches straight ahead. They plunge through defenses without breaking ranks.

9 They rush upon the city; they run along the wall. They climb into the houses; like thieves they enter through the windows.

Cross References

• 1. ver 10,31; S Job 9:7; S Isaiah 8:22; S Isaiah 13:10; Amos 5:18
• 2. S Daniel 9:12; S Matthew 24:21
• 3. S Ezekiel 34:12
• 4. S Ezekiel 38:9
• 5. Zephaniah 1:15; Revelation 9:2
• 6. S Joel 1:6
• 7. Joel 1:2
• 8. S Psalms 97:3; S Isaiah 1:31
• 9. S Genesis 2:8
• 10. Exodus 10:12-15; Psalms 105:34-35; S Isaiah 14:17
• 11. Revelation 9:7
• 12. Revelation 9:9
• 13. Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 30:30
• 14. S Isaiah 13:8
• 15. S Isaiah 29:22; Nahum 2:10
• 16. S Job 16:14
• 17. Proverbs 30:27
• 18. Isaiah 5:27
• 19. Exodus 10:6
• 20. Jeremiah 9:21