Joel 2:3-5

New Century Version

³ In front of them a fire destroys;
    in back of them a flame burns.
The land in front of them is like the garden of Eden;
    the land behind them is like an empty desert.
    Nothing will escape from them.
⁴ They look like horses,
    and they run like war horses.
⁵ It is like the noise of chariots
    rumbling over the tops of the mountains,
like the noise of a roaring fire
    burning dry stalks.
They are like a powerful army lined up for battle.