Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland--surely nothing will escape them. Cross References Exodus 10:5 They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields. Exodus 10:15 They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt. Psalm 97:3 Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side. Psalm 105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came--young locusts without number. Psalm 105:35 They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil. Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke. Isaiah 9:19 By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother. Isaiah 14:17 who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?" Isaiah 15:6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more. Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song. Ezekiel 36:35 Then they will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.' Zechariah 7:14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation." Treasury of Scripture A fire devours before them; and behind them a flame burns: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing shall escape them. fire. Joel 1:19,20 Psalm 50:3 Amos 7:4 the land. Genesis 2:8 Genesis 13:10 Isaiah 51:3 and behind. Joel 1:4-7 Exodus 10:5,15 Jeremiah 5:17 |
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