Joel 2 :1-11

 

The Day of the Lord

2 Blow the [a]trumpet in Zion,
And sound an alarm in My holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble;
For the day of the Lord is coming,
For it is at hand:
     2 A day of darkness and gloominess,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,
Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains.
A people come, great and strong,
The like of whom has never been;
Nor will there ever be any such after them,
Even for many successive generations.

    3 A fire devours before them,
And behind them a flame burns;
The land is like the Garden of Eden before them,
And behind them a desolate wilderness;
Surely nothing shall escape them.
      4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses;
And like [b]swift steeds, so they run.
      5 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.

      6 Before them the people writhe in pain;
All faces [c]are drained of color.
      7 They run like mighty men,
They climb the wall like men of war;
Every one marches in formation,
And they do not break ranks.
     8 They do not push one another;
Every one marches in his own [d]column.
Though they lunge between the weapons,
They are not [e]cut down.
     9 They run to and fro in the city,
They run on the wall;
They climb into the houses,
They enter at the windows like a thief.

    10 The earth quakes before them,
The heavens tremble;
The sun and moon grow dark,
And the stars diminish their brightness.
    11 The Lord gives voice before His army,
For His camp is very great;
For strong is the One who executes His word.
For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible;
Who can endure it? Joel 2: 1-11 NKJV