 | Thomas Whittemore - 1832 - 390 pages
...destroy Jerusalem is thus described : "Afire devoureth before them, and behind "them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before - them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them." Jesus saw a pcculiar fitness therefore in... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 356 pages
...the Bible. Thus, in Joel ii. 2, &c. " A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness : yea, and nothing shall escape them. The sound of their wings is as the sound... | |
 | George Rapall Noyes - 1833 - 306 pages
...to the years of many generations, a A fire devoureth before them, And behind them a flame burneth ; The land is as the garden of Eden before them, And behind them a desolate wilderness ! Yea, nothing escapeth them. 4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses,... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1833 - 476 pages
...feast on the slain. — Travek, vol. ii. p. 148. their ravages as that of the Prophet Joel : — " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness."* Africa, Egypt, Persia, and the whole of Asia, are subject to their visitations.... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1833 - 384 pages
...foliage. So justly have they been compared by the prophet to a great army ; who further observes, that the land is as the garden of Eden before, them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." Mr. Morier says, " On the llth of June, while seated in our tents about noon,... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...to the years of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them. « 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 pages
...writings, is that in Joel ii. 3 — 10. 'A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, nothing shall escape them, &c. This is, perhaps, one of the most striking... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1833 - 394 pages
...What the JALEK leave, the CHASIL devour. Before them a fire cuusumeth, And behind a flame burneth: The land is as the garden of Eden before them, And behind them a wilderness of desolation; Yea, and nothing shall escape them. They consume like a general conflagration.... | |
 | Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray - 1833 - 394 pages
...Travels, vol. ip, 418 many generations. A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1834 - 436 pages
...for their use. No pen has so beautifully depicted their ravages as that of the Prophet Joel : — " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness."* Africa, Egypt, Persia, and the whole of Asia, are subject to their visitations.... | |
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A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 
