Joshua 8:20

Then the men of Ai looked back behind them and all of a sudden! smoke from the city was rising into the sky. They were unable to run in any direction, because the Israelis who had fled toward the wilderness had turned around to attack their pursuers.

Genesis 19:28

He looked off toward Sodom, Gomorrah, and the entire plain, and he saw smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

Job 11:20

But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."

Psalm 48:5-6

they looked and were awestruck; they became afraid and ran away.

Psalm 76:5

Brave men were plundered while they slumbered in their sleep. All the men of the army were immobilized.

Isaiah 34:10

It will burn night and day, and will never be extinguished. Its smoke will rise from generation to generation, and it will lie desolate forever and ever. And no one will pass through it.

Amos 2:14-16

So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty warrior will not save his life.

Revelation 6:15-17

Then the kings of the earth, the important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and all the slaves and free people concealed themselves in caves and among the rocks in the mountains.

Revelation 18:9

The kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality with her and lived in luxury with her, will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.

Revelation 19:3

A second time they said, "Hallelujah! The smoke goes up from her 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 off toward Sodom, Gomorrah, and the entire plain, and he saw smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
Isaiah 34:10
It will burn night and day, and will never be extinguished. Its smoke will rise from generation to generation, and it will lie desolate forever and ever. And no one will pass through it.
Revelation 18:9
The kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality with her and lived in luxury with her, will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
Revelation 19:3
A second time they said, "Hallelujah! The smoke goes up from her forever and ever."

And they had

Job 11:20
But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."
Psalm 48:5
they looked and were awestruck; they became afraid and ran away.
Psalm 76:5
Brave men were plundered while they slumbered in their sleep. All the men of the army were immobilized.
Amos 2:14
So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty warrior will not save his life.
Revelation 6:15
Then the kings of the earth, the important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and all the slaves and free people concealed themselves in caves and among the rocks in the mountains.

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