Joel 2:1-3

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El día terrible del Señor

2 Toquen trompeta en Sión^(A),
Y suenen alarma en Mi santo monte.
Tiemblen todos los habitantes de la tierra,
Porque viene el día del Señor;
Ciertamente está cercano^(B),
²Día de tinieblas y densas sombras^(C),
Día nublado y de densa oscuridad.
Como la aurora sobre los montes, se extiende
Un pueblo grande y poderoso^(D);
Nunca ha habido nada semejante a él^(E),
Ni tampoco lo habrá después
Por años de muchas generaciones.
³Delante de él consume el fuego^(F),
Y detrás de él abrasa la llama.
Como el huerto del Edén^(G) es la tierra delante de él;
Y detrás de él, un desierto desolado^(H),
Y de él nada escapa.

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Joel 2:1-3

King James Version

2 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

²A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

³A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

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Joel 2:1-3

New International Version

An Army of Locusts

2 Blow the trumpet^(A) in Zion;^(B)
sound the alarm on my holy hill.^(C)

Let all who live in the land tremble,
    for the day of the Lord^(D) is coming.
It is close at hand^(E)—
²    a day of darkness^(F) and gloom,^(G)
    a day of clouds^(H) and blackness.^(I)
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
    a large and mighty army^(J) comes,
such as never was in ancient times^(K)
    nor ever will be in ages to come.

³Before them fire^(L) devours,
    behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,^(M)
    behind them, a desert waste^(N)—
    nothing escapes them.