(A)With a noise like chariots
Over mountaintops they leap,
Like the noise of a flaming fire that devours the stubble,
Like a strong people set in battle array.

Before them the people writhe in pain;
(B)All faces [a]are drained of color.
They run like mighty men,
They climb the wall like men of war;
Every one marches in formation,
And they do not break (C)ranks.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:6 LXX, Tg., Vg. gather blackness

With a noise like that of chariots(A)
    they leap over the mountaintops,
like a crackling fire(B) consuming stubble,
    like a mighty army drawn up for battle.

At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;(C)
    every face turns pale.(D)
They charge like warriors;(E)
    they scale walls like soldiers.
They all march in line,(F)
    not swerving(G) from their course.

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