Joel 2:5-7

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⁵As with the rumbling of chariots,
    they leap on the tops of the mountains,
like the crackling of a flame of fire
    devouring the stubble,
like a powerful army
    drawn up for battle.

⁶Before them peoples are in anguish,
    all faces grow pale.^[a]
⁷Like warriors they charge,
    like soldiers they scale the wall.
Each keeps to its own course,
    they do not swerve from^[b] their paths.

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Footnotes

Joel 2:6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Joel 2:7 Gk Syr Vg: Heb they do not take a pledge along

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