Joel 2:7-9

New Catholic Bible

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.
⁹ They burst ahead to assault the city,
    leaping onto the walls.
They climb into the houses,
    entering like thieves through the windows.