 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 412 pages
...army of locusts; allured hither by the scent of prey, because, as the prophet expresses it, The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness*. • Thus far human reason, the true interpreter of Scripture, will allow us to infer. But further to... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...years of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them...desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4 The appearance of them in as the appearance of horses ; and, as horsemen, so shall they run. 10 The... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Voyages and travels - 1814 - 886 pages
...they been compared by the prophet Joel (ii. 30 to a great army; who further obferves, that the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a defolaie wildernefs. Having lived near a month in this manner, like a /*oficrof*ox £tpoc*, or ¡word... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them ; and behind them a flame burneth : the land « as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them...desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. 5 Like... | |
 | George Wilkins - Jerusalem - 1816 - 234 pages
...YEARS OF MANY GENERATIONS. A FIRE DEVOURETH BEFORE THEM, AND BEHIND THEM A FLAME BUHNETH : THE LAND IS AS THE GARDEN OF EDEN BEFORE THEM, AND BEHIND THEM...DESOLATE WILDERNESS; YEA AND NOTHING SHALL ESCAPE THEM. — See Joel ii. 2 — 11, where the words of the Prophet apply in so many respects to this siege,... | |
 | George Wilkins - Jerusalem - 1816 - 264 pages
...GENERATIONS. A FIRE DE•VOURETH BEFORE THEM; AND BEHIND THEM A FLAME BURNETHC THE LAND IS AS THE GARDEN OP EDEN BEFORE THEM, AND BEHIND THEM A DESOLATE WILDERNESS; YEA, AND NOTHING SHALL ESCAPE THEM. — See Joel, fi. 2 — II, where the words of the Prophet apply in so many respects to this siege,... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...de" vourcth before them, and behind them " a flame burneth : the land it as the " garden of Eden (b) before them, and " behind them a desolate wilderness, yea, " and nothing shall escape them. 4. The " appearance of them is as the appearance " of horfes (c~) ; and as horsemen, so shall " they... | |
 | John Allen - Judaism - 1816 - 460 pages
...the Medes, an • innumerable multitude, and they shall come with c the children of Moses. " The land is as the ' garden of Eden before them, and behind them a ' flame burneth :" (Joel ii. 3.) and they will leave ' the nations of the world nothing for their sus•... | |
 | England - 1848 - 788 pages
...escaping from a charge of locusts; and looking around yon, you exclaim with the prophet, ' The land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them...wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them!"" Mr Nicholson's location inclnded a tolerable house with mnd floors and reed ceilings, and thirty-five... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - Asia, Central - 1817 - 632 pages
...darkness and of gloominess," spoken of by JOEL; before whom "the land is as the Garden of Eden; ami behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run." (i; Flora Laiftnica,... | |
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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. 
