Joel 2:2-10

2A day of 1darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains, So there is a 2great and mighty people; There has 3never been anything like it, Nor will there be again after it To the years of many generations.3A 4fire consumes before them And behind them a flame burns. The land is 5like the garden of Eden before them But a 6desolate wilderness behind them, And nothing at all escapes them.4Their 7appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like war horses, so they run.58With a 9noise as of chariots They leap on the tops of the mountains, Like the 10crackling of a 11flame of fire consuming the stubble, Like a mighty people arranged for battle.6Before them the people are in 12anguish; All 13faces 14turn pale.7They run like mighty men, They climb the wall like soldiers; And they each 15march 16in line, Nor do they deviate from their paths.8They do not crowd each other, They march everyone in his path; When they 17burst through the 18defenses, They do not break ranks.9They rush on the city, They run on the wall; They climb into the 19houses, They 20enter through the windows like a thief.10Before them the earth 21quakes, The heavens tremble, The 22sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.