With a noise like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops, like a crackling fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle.

sound the alarm on my holy hill. for the day of the Lord is coming. a day of clouds and blackness. nor ever will be in ages to come. behind them a flame blazes. nothing escapes them. they gallop along like cavalry. like a mighty army drawn up for battle. every face turns pale. they scale walls like soldiers. not swerving from their course.

It is written (Joel 2:32): "Everyone that shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Now whoever worships God calls upon His name. Therefore all worship of God is conducive to salvation, and consequently none is pernicious.

Joel 2:5 KJV: Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

5 Listen to them. It is like the noise of chariots riding over the mountains. It is like the noise of flames burning the chaff. They are a powerful people, who are ready for war. 6 Before this army, people shake with fear. Their faces become pale from fear.

1. How does the imagery of chariots and fire in Joel 2:5 enhance our understanding of God's judgment? 2. In what ways can the historical context of a locust plague in Joel's time inform our interpretation of this passage? 3. How can we apply the urgency of repentance depicted in Joel 2:5 to our personal spiritual lives today? 4.

Chapter 2 Bible Options | + Text Size — 1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

(Acts 2:14–36) 28 And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 29 Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth,

With a noise like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops, like a crackling fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle.

2 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near— 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness spread upon the mountains a great and powerful army comes; their like has never been from of old,