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Joel 2:3-8 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

3. Like fire they eat up everything in their path. Behind them it looks as if flames have burned the land. In front of them the land is like the Garden of Eden. Behind them it is a dry and empty desert. Nothing escapes them.

4. They look like horses. Like war horses they charge ahead.

5. They sound like chariots as they leap over the mountaintops. They crackle like fire burning up dry weeds. They are like a mighty army that is ready for battle.

6. When people see them, they tremble with fear. All of their faces turn pale.

7. The locusts charge ahead like warriors. They climb over walls like soldiers. All of them march in line. They don't turn to the right or the left.

8. They don't bump into one another. Each of them marches straight ahead. They charge through everything that tries to stop them. But they still stay in line.

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