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.
And leave ba blessing behind Him—
cA grain offering and a drink offering
For the Lord your God?
aSanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and nursing babes;
bLet the bridegroom go out from his chamber,
And the bride from her dressing room.
Weep abetween the porch and the altar;
Let them say, b“Spare Your people, O Lord,
And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
That the nations should1 rule over them.
cWhy should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”
The Land Refreshed
“Behold, I will send you agrain and new wine and oil,
And you will be satisfied by them;
I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations.
And will drive him away into a barren and desolate land,
With his face toward the eastern sea
And his back ctoward the western sea;
His stench will come up,
And his foul odor will rise,
Because he has done1 monstrous things.”
For athe open pastures are springing up,
And the tree bears its fruit;
The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
And arejoice in the Lord your God;
For He has given you the1 former rain faithfully,
And He bwill cause the rain to come down for you—
The former rain,
And the latter rain in the first month.
The crawling locust,
The consuming locust,
And the chewing locust,
My great army which I sent among you.
And praise the name of the Lord your God,
Who has dealt wondrously with you;
And My people shall never be put to bshame.
bI am the Lord your God
And there is no other.
My people shall never be put to shame.
God’s Spirit Poured Out
That bI will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
cYour sons and your ddaughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
And the moon into blood,
bBefore the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
That awhoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be1 saved.
For bin Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be1 deliverance,
As the Lord has said,
Among cthe remnant whom the Lord calls.
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American Standard Version
Neither doth one thrust another; they march every one in his path; and they burst through the weapons, and break not off `their course'.
Amplified® Bible
Neither does one thrust upon another; they walk every one in his path. And they burst through {and} upon the weapons, yet they are not wounded {and} do not change their course.
Contemporary English Version
They charge straight ahead, without pushing each other; even arrows and spears cannot make them retreat.
Darby English Version
Neither doth one press upon another; they march every one in his path; and fall amid weapons, but are not wounded.
Good News Bible
or get in each other's way. They swarm through defenses, and nothing can stop them.
King James Version
Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
New American Standard Bible
They do not crowd each other, They march everyone in his path; When they burst through the defenses, They do not break ranks.
New International Version
They do not jostle each other;
each marches straight ahead.
They plunge through defenses
without breaking ranks.
New King James Version
They do not push one another;
Every one marches in his own column.
Though they lunge between the weapons,
They are not cut down.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They do not crowd each other, They march everyone in his path; When they burst through the defenses, They do not break ranks.
Revised Standard Version
They do not jostle one another, each marches in his path; they burst through the weapons and are not halted.
Young's Literal Translation
And each his brother they press not, Each in his way they go on, If by the missile they fall, they are not cut off.
New English Translation
They do not jostle one another;1 each of them marches straight ahead.2 They burst through3 the city defenses4 and do not break ranks.
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