Joel 2:4

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They look like horses; they charge ahead like war horses.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rev 9:7 : 7 Now the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, and their faces looked like men’s faces.

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  • Joel 2:5-7
    3 verses
    88%

    5 They sound like chariots rumbling over mountain tops, like the crackling of blazing fire consuming stubble, like the noise of a mighty army being drawn up for battle.

    6 People writhe in fear when they see them. All of their faces turn pale with fright.

    7 They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. Each one proceeds on his course; they do not alter their path.

  • 8 Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like vultures they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.

  • 3 Like fire they devour everything in their path; a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness– for nothing escapes them!

  • Nah 2:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3 Prophetic Vision of the Fall of Nineveh The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments. The chariots are in flashing metal fittings on the day of battle; the soldiers brandish their spears.

    4 The chariots race madly through the streets, they rush back and forth in the broad plazas; they look like lightning bolts, they dash here and there like flashes of lightning.

  • 28 Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are prepared. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm.

  • Rev 9:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7 Now the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, and their faces looked like men’s faces.

    8 They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.

    9 They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle.

  • Rev 9:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16 The number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; I heard their number.

    17 Now this is what the horses and their riders looked like in my vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and sulfurous yellow in color. The heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur came out of their mouths.

  • Zech 6:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 Vision Eight: The Chariots Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze.

    2 Harnessed to the first chariot were red horses, to the second black horses,

    3 to the third white horses, and to the fourth spotted horses, all of them strong.

  • 5 And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the LORD will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry.

  • Ezek 1:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 In the middle of the living beings was something like burning coals of fire or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.

    14 The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning.

  • Nah 3:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 Portrayal of the Destruction of Nineveh The chariot drivers will crack their whips; the chariot wheels will shake the ground; the chariot horses will gallop; the war chariots will bolt forward!

    3 The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties– so many that people will stumble over the corpses.

  • Zech 6:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 The chariot with the black horses is going to the north country, and the white ones are going after them, but the spotted ones are going to the south country.

    7 All these strong ones are scattering; they have sought permission to go and walk about over the earth.” The Lord had said,“Go! Walk about over the earth!” So they are doing so.

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    10 He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses. Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city’s broken walls.

    11 With his horses’ hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.

  • 22 The horses’ hooves pounded the ground; the stallions galloped madly.

  • 16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses is already being heard in the city of Dan. The sound of the neighing of their stallions causes the whole land to tremble with fear. They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it! They are coming to destroy the cities and everyone who lives in them!”

  • 13 Look! The enemy is approaching like gathering clouds. The roar of his chariots is like that of a whirlwind. His horses move more swiftly than eagles.” I cry out,“We are doomed, for we will be destroyed!”

  • 7 Their land is full of gold and silver; there is no end to their wealth. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots.

  • 16 You say,‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say,‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.

  • 19 For the power of the horses resides in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries.

  • 23 Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle to attack you, Daughter Zion.’”

  • Jer 46:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Take your positions with helmets on! Ready your spears! Put on the armor!

    5 “What do I see! The soldiers are frightened. They are retreating. They are being scattered. They have fled for refuge without looking back. Terror is all around them,” says the LORD.

  • 5 In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,

  • 3 Fathers will hear the hoofbeats of the enemies’ horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear.

  • 10 As for their appearance, all four of them looked the same, something like a wheel within a wheel.

  • 9 Go ahead and charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia who are armed with the bow.

  • 18 Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around.

  • 7 Your very best valleys were full of chariots; horsemen confidently took their positions at the gate.

  • 4 These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.

  • Ezek 1:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ feet. They gleamed like polished bronze.

    8 They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

  • 9 They rush into the city; they scale its walls. They climb up into the houses; they go in through the windows like a thief.

  • 8 They are like lusty, well-fed stallions. Each of them lusts after his neighbor’s wife.

  • 10 Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left and also the face of an eagle.

  • 15 This is the kind of plague that will devastate horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other animals in those camps.

  • 6 clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

  • 17 the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, together with a mighty army. They fell down, never to rise again; they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick: