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The people are terrified in their presence;
    every face grows pale.[a]
They run like elite soldiers,
    climbing ramparts like men trained for war.
Each man advances in proper order,
    never breaking rank.
Neither does a man crowd his fellow soldier;[b]
    each one marches in his own path.
When they fall by the sword
    they are not injured.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:6 Lit. gathers blackness; cf. Nah 2:10b
  2. Joel 2:8 Lit. his brother

At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;(A)
    every face turns pale.(B)
They charge like warriors;(C)
    they scale walls like soldiers.
They all march in line,(D)
    not swerving(E) from their course.
They do not jostle each other;
    each marches straight ahead.
They plunge through defenses
    without breaking ranks.

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