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a day of darkness and gloom ,
a day of clouds and thick darkness !
Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people ;
their like has never been from of old ,
nor will be again after them through the years of all generations .
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Fire devours before them ,
and behind them a flame burns .
The land is like the garden of Eden before them ,
but after them a desolate wilderness ,
and nothing escapes them .
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Their appearance is like the appearance of horses ,
and like war horses they run .
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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 .
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Before them peoples are in anguish ,
all faces grow pale .
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Like warriors they charge ,
like soldiers they scale the wall .
They march each on his way ,
they do not swerve from their paths .
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They do not jostle one another ,
each marches in his path ;
they burst through the weapons and are not halted .
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They leap upon the city ,
they run upon the walls ;
they climb up into the houses ,
they enter through the windows like a thief .
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The earth quakes before them ,
the heavens tremble .
The sun and the moon are darkened ,
and the stars withdraw their shining .
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The LORD utters his voice before his army ,
for his host is exceedingly great ;
he that executes his word is powerful .
For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible ;
who can endure it ?