Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap,
like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble,
like a strong people set in battle array.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Joel 2:5 in context
Joel 2:2–8
2
A day of darkness and gloominess,
a day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn spreading on the mountains,
a great and strong people;
there has never been the like,
neither will there be any more after them,
even to the years of many generations.
3
A fire devours before them,
and behind them, a flame burns.
The land is as the garden of Eden before them,
and behind them, a desolate wilderness.
Yes, and no one has escaped them.
4
Their appearance is as the appearance of horses,
and they run as horsemen.
5
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Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap,
like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble,
like a strong people set in battle array.
6
At their presence the peoples are in anguish.
All faces have grown pale.
7
They run like mighty men.
They climb the wall like warriors.
They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.
8
One doesn’t jostle another.
They each march in their own path.
They burst through the defenses
and don’t break ranks.
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