Joel 2:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ At the sight of them
    people shrink back in anguish,
    their faces without color.
⁷ Like warriors they press forward;
    like soldiers they scale the walls.
They advance, marching straight ahead,
    without swerving from their paths.
⁸ They do not jostle one another;
    each marches straight ahead.
They surge through defenses
    without breaking ranks.