A day of clouds and thick darkness,
Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains.
bA people come, great and strong,
cThe like of whom has never been;
Nor will there ever be any such after them,
Even for many successive generations.
And behind them a flame burns;
The land is like athe Garden of Eden before them,
bAnd behind them a desolate wilderness;
Surely nothing shall escape them.
Over mountaintops they leap,
Like the noise of a flaming fire that devours the stubble,
Like a strong people set in battle array.
They climb the wall like men of war;
Every one marches in formation,
And they do not break aranks.
Every one marches in his own1 column.
Though they lunge between the weapons,
They are not1 cut down.
They run on the wall;
They climb into the houses,
They aenter at the windows blike a thief.
The heavens tremble;
bThe sun and moon grow dark,
And the stars diminish their brightness.
For His camp is very great;
bFor strong is the One who executes His word.
For the cday of the Lord is great and very terrible;
dWho can endure it?
A Call to Repentance
a“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is cgracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
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American Standard Version
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.
Amplified® Bible
Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like war horses {and} horsemen, so do they run.
Contemporary English Version
They look like horses and charge like cavalry.
Darby English Version
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so they run.
Good News Bible
They look like horses; they run like war-horses.
King James Version
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
New American Standard Bible
Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like war horses, so they run.
New International Version
They have the appearance of horses;
they gallop along like cavalry.
New King James Version
Their appearance is like the appearance of horses;
And like swift steeds, so they run.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Their appearance resembles the appearance of horses; And like war horses, so they run.
Revised Standard Version
Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like war horses they run.
Young's Literal Translation
As the appearance of horses `is' its appearance, And as horsemen, so they run.
New English Translation
They look like horses;1 they charge ahead like war horses.
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