Bible Cross References
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Joel 2:2-11
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It will be a dark and gloomy day, a black and cloudy day. The great army of locusts advances like darkness spreading over the mountains. There has never been anything like it, and there never will be again.
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Like fire they eat up the plants. In front of them the land is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them it is a barren desert. Nothing escapes them.
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They look like horses; they run like war-horses.
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As they leap on the tops of the mountains, they rattle like chariots; they crackle like dry grass on fire. They are lined up like a great army ready for battle.
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As they approach, everyone is terrified; every face turns pale.
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They attack like warriors; they climb the walls like soldiers. They all keep marching straight ahead and do not change direction
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or get in each other's way. They swarm through defenses, and nothing can stop them.
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They rush against the city; they run over the walls; they climb up the houses and go in through the windows like thieves.
10
The earth shakes as they advance; the sky trembles. The sun and the moon grow dark, and the stars no longer shine.
11
The LORD thunders commands to his army. The troops that obey him are many and mighty. How terrible is the day of the LORD! Who will survive it?
Joel 1:4-7
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Swarm after swarm of locusts settled on the crops; what one swarm left, the next swarm devoured.
5
Wake up and weep, you drunkards; cry, you wine-drinkers; the grapes for making new wine have been destroyed.
6
An army of locusts has attacked our land; they are powerful and too many to count; their teeth are as sharp as those of a lion.
7
They have destroyed our grapevines and chewed up our fig trees. They have stripped off the bark, till the branches are white.
Zechariah 10:6
"I will make the people of Judah strong; I will rescue the people of Israel. I will have compassion on them and bring them all back home. They will be as though I had never rejected them. I am the LORD their God; I will answer their prayers.