Blow the trumpet in Zion; Sound an alarm on my holy mount Let all the earth tremble For the day of the Lord is close at hand A day of darkness and gloom A day of clouds and of thick mist A day of horrors and great tremble A day of wrath and of punishment Who can endure Like the morning dawn spread upon the mountains So there comes a people numerous and mighty A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns; No one has escaped the ravages of the devouring hordes A day of darkness and gloom A day of clouds and of thick mist A day of horrors and great tremble A day of wrath and of punishment Who can endure "The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap Like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness
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 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: The sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: For he is strong that executeth his word: For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?" A day of darkness and gloom A day of clouds and of thick mist A day of horrors and great tremble A day of wrath and of punishment Who can endure Who can endure Joel 2