They charge like warriors;(A)
    they scale walls like soldiers.
They all march in line,(B)
    not swerving(C) from their course.
They do not jostle each other;
    each marches straight ahead.
They plunge through defenses
    without breaking ranks.
They rush upon the city;
    they run along the wall.
They climb into the houses;(D)
    like thieves they enter through the windows.(E)

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They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

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They run like mighty men,
They climb the wall like men of war;
Every one marches in formation,
And they do not break (A)ranks.
They do not push one another;
Every one marches in his own [a]column.
Though they lunge between the weapons,
They are not [b]cut down.
They run to and fro in the city,
They run on the wall;
They climb into the houses,
They (B)enter at the windows (C)like a thief.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:8 Lit. highway
  2. Joel 2:8 Halted by losses