Joel 2:1-10

11Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the 2day of the Lord is coming; Surely it is near,2A day of 3darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains, So there is a 4great and mighty people; There has 5never been anything like it, Nor will there be again after it To the years of many generations.3A 6fire consumes before them And behind them a flame burns. The land is 7like the garden of Eden before them But a 8desolate wilderness behind them, And nothing at all escapes them.4Their 9appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like war horses, so they run.510With a 11noise as of chariots They leap on the tops of the mountains, Like the 12crackling of a 13flame of fire consuming the stubble, Like a mighty people arranged for battle.6Before them the people are in 14anguish; All 15faces 16turn pale.7They run like mighty men, They climb the wall like soldiers; And they each 17march 18in line, Nor do they deviate from their paths.8They do not crowd each other, They march everyone in his path; When they 19burst through the 20defenses, They do not break ranks.9They rush on the city, They run on the wall; They climb into the 21houses, They 22enter through the windows like a thief.10Before them the earth 23quakes, The heavens tremble, The 24sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.