Joshua 8:20

The men of Ai turned and looked back, and smoke from the city was rising to the sky! They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.

Genesis 19:28

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw that smoke was going up from the land like the smoke of a furnace.

Job 11:20

But the sight of the wicked will fail.
Their way of escape will be cut off,
and their only hope is their last breath.

Psalm 48:5-6

They looked and froze with fear;
they fled in terror.

Psalm 76:5

The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.

Isaiah 34:10

It will never go out—day or night.
Its smoke will go up forever.
It will be desolate, from generation to generation;
no one will pass through it forever and ever.

Amos 2:14-16

Escape will fail the swift,
the strong one will not prevail by his strength,
and the brave will not save his life.

Revelation 6:15-17

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Revelation 18:9

The kings of the earth who have committed sexual immorality and lived luxuriously with her will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning.

Revelation 19:3

A second time they said:

Hallelujah!
Her smoke ascends 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
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw that smoke was going up from the land like the smoke of a furnace.
Isaiah 34:10
It will never go out—day or night.
Its smoke will go up forever.
It will be desolate, from generation to generation;
no one will pass through it forever and ever.
Revelation 18:9
The kings of the earth who have committed sexual immorality and lived luxuriously with her will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
Revelation 19:3
A second time they said:

Hallelujah!
Her smoke ascends forever and ever!

And they had

Job 11:20
But the sight of the wicked will fail.
Their way of escape will be cut off,
and their only hope is their last breath.
Psalm 48:5
They looked and froze with fear;
they fled in terror.
Psalm 76:5
The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.
Amos 2:14
Escape will fail the swift,
the strong one will not prevail by his strength,
and the brave will not save his life.
Revelation 6:15
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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