Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Fire
The land
And behind
General references
Bible References
Fire
Joel 1:19 I call to You, Lord,
for fire has consumed
the pastures of the wilderness,
and flames have devoured
all the trees of the countryside.
for fire has consumed
the pastures of the wilderness,
and flames have devoured
all the trees of the countryside.
Psalm 50:3 Our God is coming; He will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes Him,
and a storm rages around Him.
Devouring fire precedes Him,
and a storm rages around Him.
Amos 7:4
The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
The land
Genesis 2:8
The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He placed the man He had formed.
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked out and saw that the entire Jordan Valley as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 51:3 For the Lord will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her waste places,
and 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.
He will comfort all her waste places,
and 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 31:8 The cedars in God’s garden could not rival it;
the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches,
nor could the plane trees match its boughs.
No tree in the garden of God
could compare with it in beauty.
the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches,
nor could the plane trees match its boughs.
No tree in the garden of God
could compare with it in beauty.
And behind
Joel 1:4 What the devouring locust has left,
the swarming locust has eaten;
what the swarming locust has left,
the young locust has eaten;
and what the young locust has left,
the destroying locust has eaten.
the swarming locust has eaten;
what the swarming locust has left,
the young locust
and what the young locust has left,
the destroying locust
Exodus 10:5
They will cover the surface of the land so that no one will be able to see the land. They will eat the remainder left to you that escaped the hail; they will eat every tree you have growing in the fields.
Jeremiah 5:17 They will consume your harvest and your food.
They will consume your sons and your daughters.
They will consume your flocks and your herds.
They will consume your vines and your fig trees.
They will destroy with the sword
your fortified cities in which you trust.
They will consume your sons and your daughters.
They will consume your flocks and your herds.
They will consume your vines and your fig trees.
They will destroy with the sword
your fortified cities
Zechariah 7:14
“I scattered them with a windstorm over all the nations that had not known them, and the land was left desolate behind them, with no one coming or going. They turned a pleasant land into a desolation.”
General references
Genesis 7:21
Every creature perished—those that crawl on the earth, birds, livestock, wildlife, and those that swarm on the earth, as well as all mankind.