LEB(i)
2 A day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and thick darkness, like the dawn spreads on the mountains, a great and strong army! There has been nothing like it from old, and after it nothing will be again ⌊for generations to come⌋.*
3 ⌊Before them⌋* a fire devours, and behind them a flame burns. Like the garden of Eden is the land ⌊before them⌋,* and after them it is like a desolate desert, and nothing can escape them.
4 Like the appearance of horses is their appearance, and like horsemen they run;
5 like the sound of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap about; like the sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble; like a strong army arranged in rows for battle.
6 ⌊From before them⌋* nations writhe, all faces ⌊turn pale⌋.*
7 They run like mighty warriors,* they scale the wall like men of war; each goes on its own way, and they do not swerve from their paths.
8 They do not jostle ⌊one another⌋;* each goes on its own trail; and through the falling weapons,* they are not halted.
9 In the city they rush forth; on the walls* they run. Into the houses they climb up; through the windows they enter like a thief.
10 ⌊Before them⌋* the earth quakes; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon grow dark, and the stars ⌊have withheld⌋* their splendor
11 And Yahweh ⌊utters⌋* his voice before his army, because his encampment is very large; strong is the one who carries out his decree, for great is the day of Yahweh and exceedingly fearful. Who can endure it?