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Before them[a] a fire devours,
    and behind them a flame burns.
Like the garden of Eden is the land before them,[b]
    and after them it is like a desolate desert,
    and nothing can escape them.
Like the appearance of horses is their appearance,
    and like horsemen they run;
like the sound of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap about;
    like the sound of a flame of fire
        devouring stubble;
like a strong army arranged
    in rows for battle.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:3 Literally “before the presence of it”
  2. Joel 2:3 Literally “before the presence of it”

Before them fire(A) devours,
    behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,(B)
    behind them, a desert waste(C)
    nothing escapes them.
They have the appearance of horses;(D)
    they gallop along like cavalry.
With a noise like that of chariots(E)
    they leap over the mountaintops,
like a crackling fire(F) consuming stubble,
    like a mighty army drawn up for battle.

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