Revised Version 1895

Joel 2:2-10

2adayי֧וֹםYomH3117ofdarknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and gloominess, adayי֤וֹםYomH3117ofcloudsעָנָן֙'a.NanH6051andthickוַעֲרָפֶ֔לva.'a.ra.FelH6205darknessH2822, as thedawnכְּשַׁ֖חַרke.Sha.charH7837spreadפָּרֻ֣שׂpa.RusH6566uponעַל־'al-H5921themountainsהֶֽהָרִ֑יםhe.ha.RimH2022; agreatH7227peopleעַ֚ם'amH5971and astrongוְעָצ֔וּםve.'a.TzumH6099, there hathnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808beeneverהָ֣עוֹלָ֔םha.'o.LamH5769the like,neitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808shall beanyH4480moreH4480afterוְאַֽחֲרָיו֙ve.'a.cha.RavH310them,evenעַד־'ad-H5704to theyearsשְׁנֵ֖יshe.NeiH8141ofmanyH7227generationsH1755.

3Afireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784devourethbeforeלְפָנָיו֙le.fa.NavH6440them; andbehindוְאַחֲרָ֖יוve.'a.cha.RavH310them aflameלֶֽהָבָ֑הle.ha.VahH3852burneth: thelandהָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzH776is as thegardenכְּגַן־ke.gan-H1588ofEdenעֵ֨דֶן'E.denH5731beforeלְפָנָ֗יוle.fa.NavH6440them, andbehindוְאַֽחֲרָיו֙ve.'a.cha.RavH310them adesolateשְׁמָמָ֔הshe.ma.MahH8077wildernessמִדְבַּ֣רmid.BarH4057; yea, andnoneלֹא־lo'-H3808hathescapedפְּלֵיטָ֖הpe.lei.TahH6413them.

4Theappearanceכְּמַרְאֵ֥הke.mar.'EhH4758of them is as theappearanceמַרְאֵ֑הוּmar.'E.huH4758ofhorsesסוּסִ֖יםsu.SimH5483; and ashorsemenוּכְפָרָשִׁ֖יםu.khe.fa.ra.ShimH6571,soכֵּ֥ןkenH3651do theyrunיְרוּצֽוּן׃ye.ru.TzunH7323.

5Like thenoiseכְּק֣וֹלke.KolH6963ofchariotsמַרְכָּב֗וֹתmar.ka.VotH4818on thetopsרָאשֵׁ֤יra.SheiH7218of themountainsהֶֽהָרִים֙he.ha.RimH2022do theyleapיְרַקֵּד֔וּןye.ra.ke.DunH7540, like thenoiseכְּקוֹל֙ke.kOlH6963of aflameלַ֣הַבLa.havH3851offireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784that devoureth thestubbleקָ֑שׁKashH7179, as astrongעָצ֔וּם'a.TzumH6099peopleכְּעַ֣םke.'AmH5971set inbattleמִלְחָמָֽה׃mil.cha.MahH4421arrayH4421.

6At theirpresenceמִפָּנָ֖יוmi.pa.NavH6440thepeoplesעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971are inanguishיָחִ֣ילוּya.Chi.luH2342:allכָּל־kol-H3605facesפָּנִ֖יםpa.NimH6440are waxedpaleפָארֽוּר׃fa.RurH6289.

7Theyrunיְרֻצ֔וּןye.ru.TzunH7323likemightyכְּגִבּוֹרִ֣יםke.gi.bo.RimH1368menH376; theyclimbיַעֲל֣וּya.'a.LuH5927thewallחוֹמָ֑הcho.MahH2346likemenH376ofwarמִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahH4421; and they marcheveryH376one on hiswaysבִּדְרָכָיו֙bid.ra.KhavH1870, and they breaknotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808their ranks.

8Neitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808doth one thrustanotherאָחִיו֙'a.ChivH251; they marcheveryוְאִ֤ישׁve.'IshH376one in hispathבִּמְסִלָּת֖וֹbim.si.la.ToH4546: and theyburstיִפֹּ֖לוּyi.Po.luH5307throughוּבְעַ֥דu.ve.'AdH1157theweaponsהַשֶּׁ֛לַחha.She.lachH7973, andbreakH1214notלֹ֥אlo'H3808offH1214their course.

9They leapuponH935thecityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892; theyrunיְרֻצ֔וּןye.ru.TzunH7323uponH935thewallבַּֽחוֹמָה֙ba.cho.MahH2346; theyclimbH5927upH5927intoH935thehousesבַּבָּתִּ֖יםba.ba.TimH1004; theyenterH935in at thewindowsהַחַלּוֹנִ֛יםha.cha.lo.NimH2474like athiefכַּגַּנָּֽב׃ka.ga.NavH1590.

10Theearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776quakethbeforeלְפָנָיו֙le.fa.NavH6440them; theheavensשָׁמָ֑יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064trembleרָ֣גְזָהRa.ge.zahH7264: thesunשֶׁ֤מֶשׁShe.meshH8121and themoonוְיָרֵ֙חַ֙ve.ya.Re.achH3394are darkened, and thestarsוְכוֹכָבִ֖יםve.kho.kha.VimH3556withdrawאָסְפ֥וּ'a.se.FuH622their shining:

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