Joel 2:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ In front of them a fire ·destroys [devours];
    in back of them a flame burns.
The land in front of them is like the garden of Eden [Gen. 2:8–14];
    the land behind them is like an ·empty desert [desolate wilderness].
    Nothing will escape from them.
⁴ ·They look [Their appearance is] like horses,
    and they ·run [charge] like ·war horses [or cavalry].
⁵ It is like the noise of chariots
    ·rumbling [or leaping] over the tops of the mountains,
like the noise of a roaring fire
    ·burning dry stalks [devouring stubble].
They are like a ·powerful army [mighty nation] lined up for battle.