Joel 2:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ They run like elite soldiers,
    climbing ramparts like men trained for war.
Each man advances in proper order,
    never breaking rank.
⁸ Neither does a man crowd his fellow soldier;^[a]
    each one marches in his own path.
When they fall by the sword
    they are not injured.
⁹ They swarm through the city,
    running upon its ramparts.
Climbing atop the houses,
    they enter through windows like a thief.”