New American Standard Bible 1995

Joel 2:2-11

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 brightnessH5051.11The LordH3068 23uttersH5414 His voiceH6963 beforeH6440 24His armyH2428; SurelyH3588 His campH4264 is veryH3966 greatH7227, For 25strongH6099 is he who carriesH6213 out His wordH1697. The 26dayH3117 of the LordH3068 is indeedH3588 greatH1419 and veryH3966 awesomeH3372, And 27who can endureH3557 it?

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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 ↩
23. Joel 2:11 Ps 46:6; Is 13:4; Jer 25:30; Joel 3:16 ↩
24. Joel 2:11 Joel 2:25 ↩
25. Joel 2:11 Jer 50:34; Rev 18:8 ↩
26. Joel 2:11 Jer 30:7; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 31; 3:14; Zeph 1:14, 15; Rev 6:17 ↩
27. Joel 2:11 Ezek 22:14; Mal 3:2 ↩

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