THE NOISE OF A FLAME

Joel 2:2-13

BLOW YE THE 
TRUMPET IN ZION,
AND
 SOUND AND 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;
 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.
 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.
 THE APPEARANCE OF THEM
 IS AS 
THE APPEARANCE OF HORSES;
 AND
AS HORSEMEN,
 SO SHALL THEY RUN.
 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.
 BEFORE THEIR FACE
 THE PEOPLE
 SHALL BE
 MUCH PAINED:
 ALL FACES
SHALL GATHER
 BLACKNESS.

 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
 SHALL NOT BREAK
 THEIR RANKS:
 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. 
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.
  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:
 AND
 THE LORD SHALL UTTER
 HIS VOICE 
BEFORE THE ARMY
 FOR HIS
 CAMP IS VERY GREAT:
 FOR HE IS STRONG
 THAT EXECUTETH HIS WORD:
 FOR 
THE DAY OF THE LORD
 IS 
GREAT AND VERY TERRIBLE:
 WHO CAN ABIDE IT?
 THEREFORE ALSO
 NOW,
 SAITH THE LORD,
 TURN YE EVEN
 TO ME
 WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
AND
 WITH FASTING,
AND
 WITH WEEPING,
 AND
 WITH MOURNING:
AND
 REND YOUR HEART,
AND
 NOT YOUR GARMENTS,
AND
 TURN 
UNTO THE LORD YOUR GOD:
 FOR
 HE IS 
GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL,
 SLOW TO ANGER,
 AND
 OF GREAT KINDNESS;
 AND
 REPENTETH
 HIM OF THE EVIL. 

LOVE