“They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Joel 2 contains 32 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.