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clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18
How do
the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of
sheep are made desolate.
19
O L
ORD
, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of
the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
20
The beasts of the field cry
also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the
wilderness.
CHAPTER 2
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 L
ORD
cometh, for
it is
nigh at hand;
2
A day of darkness and of
gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a
great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it,
even
to the years of many generations.
3
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth:
the land
is
as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and
nothing shall escape them.
4
The appearance of them
is
as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen,
so shall they run.
5
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.
6
Before their
face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
7
They shall run like mighty
men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and
they shall not break their ranks:
8
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.
9
They shall run to and fro in
the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the
windows like a thief.
10
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and
the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11
And the L
ORD
shall utter his
voice before his army: for his camp
is
very great: for
he is
strong that executeth his word: for the
day of the L
ORD
is
great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
12
Therefore also now, saith the
L
ORD
, turn ye
even
to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
13
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the L
ORD
your God: for he
is
gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
14
Who knoweth
if
he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him;
even
a meat offering and a drink
offering unto the L
ORD
your God?
15
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
16
Gather the people, sanctify
the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the
bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17
Let the priests, the ministers
of the L
ORD
, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O L
ORD
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