Joshua 8:20

Then the men of Ai looked behind them, and they saw smoke from the city rising to the sky; {they had no power to flee this way or that}, and the people fleeing the wilderness turned around to the pursuers.

Genesis 19:28

And he looked down upon the surface of Sodom and Gomorrah, and upon the whole surface of the land, the plain. And he saw that, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a smelting furnace.

Job 11:20

But [the] eyes of [the] wicked will fail; and refuge will be lost to them, and their hope [is] {to breathe their last breath}."

Psalm 48:5-6

{They themselves saw} [it], so they were astonished. They were terrified; they ran off.

Psalm 76:5

[The] stouthearted are plundered; they sleep their sleep, and all [the] able men cannot {use} their hands.

Isaiah 34:10

Night and day it shall not be quenched; its smoke shall go up forever. From generation to generation it shall be in ruins; forever and ever there will be no one who passes through her.

Amos 2:14-16

Flight will perish from [the] swift and [the] strong person will not muster his strength and [the] warrior will not save his life.

Revelation 6:15-17

And the kings of the earth, and the most important people, and the military leaders, and the rich, and the powerful, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,

Revelation 18:9

And the kings of the earth will weep and mourn over her, those who committed sexual immorality and lived sensually with her, when they see the smoke of her burning,

Revelation 19:3

And a second time they said, "Hallelujah!" And her smoke goes up {forever and ever}.

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Summary

And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

Bible References

The smoke

Genesis 19:28
And he looked down upon the surface of Sodom and Gomorrah, and upon the whole surface of the land, the plain. And he saw that, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a smelting furnace.
Isaiah 34:10
Night and day it shall not be quenched; its smoke shall go up forever. From generation to generation it shall be in ruins; forever and ever there will be no one who passes through her.
Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth will weep and mourn over her, those who committed sexual immorality and lived sensually with her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
Revelation 19:3
And a second time they said, "Hallelujah!" And her smoke goes up {forever and ever}.

And they had

Job 11:20
But [the] eyes of [the] wicked will fail; and refuge will be lost to them, and their hope [is] {to breathe their last breath}."
Psalm 48:5
{They themselves saw} [it], so they were astonished. They were terrified; they ran off.
Psalm 76:5
[The] stouthearted are plundered; they sleep their sleep, and all [the] able men cannot {use} their hands.
Amos 2:14
Flight will perish from [the] swift and [the] strong person will not muster his strength and [the] warrior will not save his life.
Revelation 6:15
And the kings of the earth, and the most important people, and the military leaders, and the rich, and the powerful, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,