 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 pages
...burning, Trist. HI. El. x. 55, &c. DUNSTER. Ver. 78. who leave behind Nothing but ruin] Thus, Joel, ii. 3. "The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." And Gray, in his Bard, has a similar description finely expressed, where he speaks... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1824 - 604 pages
...justly have they been compared by the prophet Joel (ii. 3.) to a great army, who further observes, that the land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness. — SHAW'S Travels into Barbary and the Levant, p. 187. 4to, Lend. 1757. ISAIAH,... | |
 | Temple Chevallier - Astronomy in the Bible - 1827 - 454 pages
...day of clouds and of thick darkness. 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 ... Before their face the people shall be much... | |
 | Religion - 1828 - 580 pages
...justly have they been compared by the prophet Joel (ii. 3,) to a great army, who further observes, that the land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." — SHAW'S Trarels into liarbury and the Levant, p. 187, 4to. London. 1757. ISAIAH,... | |
 | Frederick William Beechey, Henry William Beechey - Africa, North - 1828 - 696 pages
...Acridophagi*, no doubt, were fond of eating them ; in so Joel (ii. 3,) 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 /xi<gio<jToptov |i^or-*, or sword... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1828 - 506 pages
...represented as being employed by God for the punishment of a guilty people. It is ^here said, (ver. 3,) that "the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." This affecting description is strikingly illustrated by a passage in captain... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...to the 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 a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance... | |
 | Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1828 - 464 pages
...mountains, a great people and a strong : 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." Locusts consume like a general conflagration... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - Diet - 1830 - 370 pages
...the prophetic language of inspiration : A fire, devourcth before them, and behind, aflame burneth : the land is as the garden of. Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness : yea, and nothing shall escape them. Finally, the use of these substances threatens... | |
 | James Rennie - Insects - 1830 - 448 pages
...countries. " A fire devoureth before them," says the Prophet Joel, " 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. The sound of their wings is as the sound of... | |
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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. 
