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Joel 2:1-10

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The Terrible Visitation

1Blow a trumpet in Zion,

And sound an alarm on My holy mountain!

Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,

For the day of the Lord is coming;

Indeed, it is near,

2A day of darkness and gloom,

A day of clouds and thick darkness.

As dawn is spread over the mountains,

So there is a great and mighty people;

There has never been anything like it,

Nor will there be again after it

To the years of many generations.

3A fire consumes before them,

And behind them a flame devours.

The land is like the Garden of Eden before them,

But a desolate wilderness behind them,

And nothing at all escapes them.

4Their appearance is like the appearance of horses;

And like war horses, so they run.

5With a noise as of chariots

They leap about on the tops of the mountains,

Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble,

Like a mighty people drawn up for battle.

6Before them the people are in anguish;

All faces turn pale.

7They run like warriors,

They climb the wall like soldiers;

And each of them marches in line,

Nor do they lose their way.

8They do not crowd each other,

Every warrior of them marches in his path;

When they burst through the defenses,

They do not break ranks.

9They storm the city,

They run on the wall;

They climb into the houses,

They enter through the windows like a thief.

10Before them the earth quakes,

The heavens tremble,

The sun and the moon become dark,

And the stars lose their brightness.

Deliverance Promised

The Promise of the Spirit

The Day of the Lord