They do not jostle each other;
    each marches straight ahead.
They plunge through defenses
    without breaking ranks.
They rush upon the city;
    they run along the wall.
They climb into the houses;(A)
    like thieves they enter through the windows.(B)

10 Before them the earth shakes,(C)
    the heavens tremble,(D)
the sun and moon are darkened,(E)
    and the stars no longer shine.(F)

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Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

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They do not push one another;
Every one marches in his own [a]column.
Though they lunge between the weapons,
They are not [b]cut down.
They run to and fro in the city,
They run on the wall;
They climb into the houses,
They (A)enter at the windows (B)like a thief.

10 (C)The earth quakes before them,
The heavens tremble;
(D)The sun and moon grow dark,
And the stars diminish their brightness.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:8 Lit. highway
  2. Joel 2:8 Halted by losses

They do not jostle one another;
    (A)each marches in his path;
they burst through the weapons
    and are not halted.
(B)They leap upon the city,
    they run upon the walls,
(C)they climb up into the houses,
    (D)they enter through the windows (E)like a thief.

10 (F)The earth quakes before them;
    the heavens tremble.
(G)The sun and the moon are darkened,
    and the stars withdraw their shining.

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