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%

    5They 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.

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

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

  • 8Their 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.

  • 3Like 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%

    3Prophetic 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.

    4The 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.

  • 28Their 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%

    7Now 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.

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

    9They 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%

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

    17Now 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%

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

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

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

  • 5And 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%

    13In 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.

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

  • Nah 3:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Portrayal 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!

    3The 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%

    6The 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.

    7All 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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    10He 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.

    11With 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.

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

  • 16The 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!”

  • 13Look! 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!”

  • 7Their 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.

  • 16You 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.

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

  • 23Its 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%

    4Harness 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.

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

  • 3Fathers 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.

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

  • 9Go 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.

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

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

  • 4These 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%

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

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

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

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

  • 10Their 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.

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

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

  • 17the 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: