 | James Augustus St. John - 1831 - 336 sider
...So justly have they been compared by the prophet Joel 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 sword with ten thousand edges, to which they have... | |
 | John Hartley - 1831 - 426 sider
...chastisements which can befal guilty nations ; and up to this hour the visitation is experienced. The land was as the garden of Eden before them ; and behind them a desolate wilderness : (Joel ii. 3.) Recent events might almost intimate, that the language also is applicable : For all... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 sider
...scripture? Because they are the species so accurately described in the Bible. Thus, in Joel ii. 2, &c. " A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame...them, and behind them a desolate wilderness : yea, and nothing shall escape them. The sound of their wings is as the sound of chariots, of many horses... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 sider
...not been ever the Kke, 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...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,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 356 sider
...scripture ? Because they are the species so accurately described in the Bible. Thus, in Joel ii. 2, &c. " A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame...them, and behind them a desolate wilderness : yea, and nothing shall escape them. The sound of their wings is as the sound of chariots, of many horses... | |
 | Thomas Whittemore - 1832 - 390 sider
...Joel ii, 3, the progress of the armies which went up to destroy Jerusalem is thus described : "Afire devoureth before them, and behind "them a flame burneth...them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them." Jesus saw a pcculiar fitness therefore in choosing fire as a figure... | |
 | Alberto Ferreiro, Thomas C. Oden - 2003 - 400 sider
...appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like war horses they run. 5 As with the rumbling of chariots, they leap on the tops of the mountains, like the crackling of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, like a powerful army drawn up for battle. 6Before them peoples... | |
 | Thomas C. Nixon - 2002 - 390 sider
...even to the years of many generations. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame bunieth; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness, yea and nothing (no person) shall escape them. Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like... | |
 | Rick Joyner - 2002 - 208 sider
...Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; and like war horses, so they run. With a noise as of chariots they leap on the tops of the mountains, like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble, like a mighty people arranged for battle. Before them the... | |
 | 490 sider
...not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame...them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen,... | |
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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. 
