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Joel 2:2-10

2adayי֧וֹםYomH3117ofdarknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822andgloominess,adayי֤וֹםYomH3117ofcloudsעָנָן֙'a.NanH6051andthickוַעֲרָפֶ֔לva.'a.ra.FelH6205darknessH2822,asthedawnכְּשַׁ֖חַרke.Sha.charH7837spreadפָּרֻ֣שׂpa.RusH6566uponthemountainsהֶֽהָרִ֑יםhe.ha.RimH2022;agreatH7227peopleעַ֚ם'amH5971andastrong;therehathnotbeenH1961everH5769thelikeכָּמֹ֗הוּka.Mo.huH3644,neithershallbeH1961anymoreH4480afterthem,eventotheyearsשְׁנֵ֖יshe.NeiH8141ofmanyH7227generationsH1755.

3Afireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784devourethbeforethem;andbehindthemaflameלֶֽהָבָ֑הle.ha.VahH3852burneth:thelandהָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzH776isasthegardenכְּגַן־ke.gan-H1588ofEdenעֵ֨דֶן'E.denH5731beforethem,andbehindthemadesolatewildernessמִדְבַּ֣רmid.BarH4057; yea,andnonehathescapedפְּלֵיטָ֖הpe.lei.TahH6413them.

4Theappearanceכְּמַרְאֵ֥הke.mar.'EhH4758ofthemisastheappearanceמַרְאֵ֑הוּmar.'E.huH4758ofhorsesH5483;andashorsemenוּכְפָרָשִׁ֖יםu.khe.fa.ra.ShimH6571,soכֵּ֥ןkenH3651dotheyrunיְרוּצֽוּן׃ye.ru.TzunH7323.

5Likethenoiseofchariotsמַרְכָּב֗וֹתmar.ka.VotH4818onthetopsרָאשֵׁ֤יra.SheiH7218ofthemountainsהֶֽהָרִים֙he.ha.RimH2022dotheyleapיְרַקֵּד֔וּןye.ra.ke.DunH7540,likethenoiseofaflameלַ֣הַבLa.havH3851offireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784thatdevoureththestubbleקָ֑שׁKashH7179,asastrongpeopleכְּעַ֣םke.'AmH5971setinbattleמִלְחָמָֽה׃mil.cha.MahH4421array.

6AttheirpresenceH6440thepeoplesH5971areinanguishיָחִ֣ילוּya.Chi.luH2342;allfacesH6440arewaxedpale.

7Theyrunיְרֻצ֔וּןye.ru.TzunH7323likemightyH1368menH376;theyclimbthewallחוֹמָ֑הcho.MahH2346likemenH376ofwarמִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahH4421;andtheymarcheveryoneH376onhiswaysבִּדְרָכָיו֙bid.ra.KhavH1870,andtheybreaknottheirranks.

8NeitherdothoneH376thrustanother;theymarcheveryoneH376inhispath;andtheyburstthroughtheweaponsהַשֶּׁ֛לַחha.She.lachH7973,andbreaknotofftheircourse.

9Theyleapuponthecityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892;theyrunיְרֻצ֔וּןye.ru.TzunH7323uponthewallבַּֽחוֹמָה֙ba.cho.MahH2346;theyclimbupintothehousesH1004;theyenterinatthewindowsהַחַלּוֹנִ֛יםha.cha.lo.NimH2474likeathiefכַּגַּנָּֽב׃ka.ga.NavH1590.

10Theearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776quakethbeforethem;theheavensשָׁמָ֑יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064trembleH7264;thesunשֶׁ֤מֶשׁShe.meshH8121andthemoonוְיָרֵ֙חַ֙ve.ya.Re.achH3394aredarkened,andthestarsוְכוֹכָבִ֖יםve.kho.kha.VimH3556withdrawאָסְפ֥וּ'a.se.FuH622theirshining.

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