 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.  Biblical Repertory - Page 2811825Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Temple Chevallier - 1827 - 454 pages
...for it is nigh at hand: a day of darkness and of gloominess ; a day of clouds and of thick darkness. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame...desolate wilderness. Yea, and nothing shall escape them ... Before their face the people shall be much pained; all faces shall gather blackness. They shall... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 572 pages
...places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. See on LUKE, xxiii. 30. 1 JOEL, ii. 4; The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. "NAHUM, iii. 17: Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which... | |
 | 1827 - 468 pages
...irresistible, never took the field. " A fire devoured before them, and behind a flame burned. The land was as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness : yea, and nothing escaped them." Prodigies of valour could avail nothing in the face of an enemy, whose losses in leaders... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1824 - 604 pages
...Scripture. JOEL, ii. 3—10. A fire devoureth before them ; and behind them a flame bnrneth : the land i« as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wildernett: yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is aa the appearance of horses... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 pages
...clouds and of thick darkness ; as the morning spread upon the mountains, a great people and a strong : a fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame...desolate wilderness, yea, and nothing shall escape them." Locusts consume like a general conflagration ; 'wherever they feed, their leavings seem as it were... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame...desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses ; and as horsemen so shall they run. 5 Like... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pages
...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 of horses ; and as horsemen so shall they run. 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of... | |
 | 1828 - 580 pages
...ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCRIPTURE. JOEL, ii. 3 — 10. AJirt dtTmiretk before them; and behind them aflame burneth: the land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness : yta, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as... | |
 | 1828 - 506 pages
...represented as being employed by God for the punishment of a guilty people. It is ^here said, (ver. 3,) that "the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." This affecting description is strikingly illustrated by a passage in captain Andrews's ?' Journey from... | |
 | Frederick William Beechey, Henry William Beechey - 1828 - 696 pages
...doubt, were fond of eating them ; in so Joel (ii. 3,) to a great army ; who further observes, that the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness. Having lived near a month in this manner, like a /xi<gio<jToptov |i^or-*, or sword with ten thousand... | |
| |
