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With a noise like chariots
        they bounce over the mountaintops,
        like a crackling fire consuming stubble,
        like a powerful army lined up for battle.
At the sight of them, peoples are in anguish.
    Every face becomes flushed.[a]
They charge like strong warriors.
    They climb over walls like soldiers.
    They all march in formation.
    They do not turn aside from their path.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:6 Or grows pale. The meaning of this line is uncertain.