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They have the appearance of horses,
    and like warhorses they charge.
As 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.

Before them peoples are in anguish,
    all faces grow pale.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:6 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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