Joel 2:1-11

Legacy Standard Bible

2 ^(A)Blow a trumpet in Zion,
And make a loud shout on My holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
For the ^(B)day of Yahweh is coming;
Surely it is near,
² A day of ^(C)darkness and thick darkness,
A day of clouds and dense gloom.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a ^(D)numerous and mighty people;
There has ^(E)never been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it
For the years from generation to generation.
³ A ^(F)fire consumes before them,
And behind them a flame burns.
The land is ^(G)like the garden of Eden before them
But a ^(H)desolate wilderness behind them,
And nothing at all escapes them.
⁴ Their ^(I)appearance is like the appearance of horses;
And like war horses, so they run.
^5 [a]With a ^(J)noise as of chariots
They leap on the tops of the mountains,
Like the ^[b]crackling of a ^(K)flame of fire consumes the stubble,
Like a mighty people arranged for battle.
⁶ Before them the peoples are ^(L)writhing;
All ^(M)faces ^[c]turn pale.
⁷ They run like mighty men;
They climb up the wall like men of war;
And they each ^(N)march ^[d]in line,
And they do not deviate from their paths.
⁸ They do not crowd each other;
They march everyone in his path;
When they fall against the defending weapons,
They do not break ranks.
⁹ They rush on the city;
They run on the wall;
They climb up into the ^(O)houses;
They ^(P)enter through the windows like a thief.
¹⁰ Before them the earth ^(Q)trembles;
The heavens quake;
The ^(R)sun and the moon grow dark,
And the stars ^[e]lose their brightness.
¹¹ But Yahweh ^(S)gives forth His voice before ^(T)His military force;
Surely His camp is very numerous,
For ^(U)mighty is he who does His word.
The ^(V)day of Yahweh is indeed great and very awesome,
And ^(W)who can endure it?