Yoel 2:9

2:9 They rush into ¹  the city;

they scale ²  its walls.

They climb up into the houses;

they go in through the windows like a thief.

Yoel 2:30

2:30 I will produce portents both in the sky ³  and on the earth –

blood, fire, and columns of smoke.

[2:9]  ¹ tn Heb “dart about in.”

[2:9]  ² tn Or “they run upon its wall.”

[2:30]  ³ tn Or “in the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.