New American Standard Bible 1995

Joel 2:2-10

2A dayH3117 of 1darknessH2822 and gloomH653, A dayH3117 of cloudsH6051 and thickH6205 darknessH6205. As the dawnH7837 is spreadH6566 overH5921 the mountainsH2022, So there is a 2greatH7227 and mightyH6099 peopleH5971; There has 3neverH3808 H4480 H5769 beenH1961 anything likeH3644 it, NorH3808 will there be againH3254 afterH310 it To the yearsH8141 of manyH1755 generationsH1755.3A 4fireH784 consumesH398 beforeH6440 them And behindH310 them a flameH3852 burnsH3857. The landH776 is 5like the gardenH1588 of EdenH5731 beforeH6440 them But a 6desolateH8077 wildernessH4057 behindH310 them, And nothingH3808 at allH1571 escapesH6413 them.4Their 7appearanceH4758 is like the appearanceH4758 of horsesH5483; And like war horsesH6571, soH3651 they runH7323.5 8With a 9noiseH6963 as of chariotsH4818 They leapH7540 on the topsH7218 of the mountainsH2022, Like the 10cracklingH6963 of a 11flameH3851 of fireH784 consumingH398 the stubbleH7179, Like a mightyH6099 peopleH5971 arrangedH6186 for battleH4421.6BeforeH4480 H6440 them the peopleH5971 are in 12anguishH2342; AllH3605 13facesH6440 14turnH6908 paleH6289.7They runH7323 like mightyH1368 menH1368, They climbH5927 the wallH2346 like soldiersH582 H4421; And they eachH376 15marchH1980 16in lineH1870, NorH3808 do they deviateH5670 from their pathsH734.8They do not crowdH1766 eachH376 otherH251, They marchH1980 everyoneH1397 in his pathH4546; When they 17burstH5307 throughH1157 the 18defensesH7973, They do not breakH1214 ranksH1214.9They rushH8264 on the cityH5892, They runH7323 on the wallH2346; They climbH5927 into the 19housesH1004, They 20enterH935 throughH1157 the windowsH2474 like a thiefH1590.10BeforeH6440 them the earthH776 21quakesH7264, The heavensH8064 trembleH7493, The 22sunH8121 and the moonH3394 growH6937 darkH6937 And the starsH3556 loseH622 their brightnessH5051.

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1. Joel 2:2 Joel 2:10, 31; Amos 5:18; Zeph 1:15 ↩
2. Joel 2:2 Joel 1:6; 2:11, 25 ↩
3. Joel 2:2 Lam 1:12; Dan 9:12; 12:1; Joel 1:2 ↩
4. Joel 2:3 Ps 97:3; Is 9:18, 19 ↩
5. Joel 2:3 Is 51:3; Ezek 36:35 ↩
6. Joel 2:3 Ex 10:5, 15; Ps 105:34, 35; Zech 7:14 ↩
7. Joel 2:4 Rev 9:7 ↩
8. Joel 2:5 Lit Like the noise of chariots ↩
9. Joel 2:5 Rev 9:9 ↩
10. Joel 2:5 Lit noise ↩
11. Joel 2:5 Is 5:24; 30:30 ↩
12. Joel 2:6 Is 13:8; Nah 2:10 ↩
13. Joel 2:6 Jer 30:6 ↩
14. Joel 2:6 Or become flushed ↩
15. Joel 2:7 Prov 30:27 ↩
16. Joel 2:7 Lit in his ways ↩
17. Joel 2:8 Lit fall ↩
18. Joel 2:8 Lit weapon, probably javelin ↩
19. Joel 2:9 Ex 10:6 ↩
20. Joel 2:9 Jer 9:21; John 10:1 ↩
21. Joel 2:10 Ps 18:7; Joel 3:16; Nah 1:5 ↩
22. Joel 2:10 Is 13:10; 34:4; Jer 4:23; Ezek 32:7, 8; Joel 2:31; 3:15; Matt 24:29; Rev 8:12 ↩

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