Joel 2:3-5

Easy-to-Read Version

³ The army will destroy the land like a burning fire.
    In front of them the land will be like the Garden of Eden.
Behind them the land will be like an empty desert.
    Nothing will escape them.
⁴ They look like horses.
    They run like war horses.
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.