Verse 3

A fire{H784} devoureth{H398}{(H8804)} before{H6440} them; and behind{H310} them a flame{H3852} burneth{H3857}{(H8762)}: the land{H776} is as the garden{H1588} of Eden{H5731} before{H6440} them, and behind{H310} them a desolate{H8077} wilderness{H4057}; yea, and nothing shall escape{H6413} them.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 51:3 : 3 For the LORD{H3068} shall comfort{H5162}{(H8765)} Zion{H6726}: he will comfort{H5162}{(H8765)} all her waste places{H2723}; and he will make{H7760}{(H8799)} her wilderness{H4057} like Eden{H5731}, and her desert{H6160} like the garden{H1588} of the LORD{H3068}; joy{H8342} and gladness{H8057} shall be found{H4672}{(H8735)} therein, thanksgiving{H8426}, and the voice{H6963} of melody{H2172}.
  • Gen 2:8 : 8 And the LORD{H3068} God{H430} planted{H5193}{(H8799)} a garden{H1588} eastward{H6924} in Eden{H5731}; and there{H8033} he put{H7760}{(H8799)} the man{H120} whom{H834} he had formed{H3335}{(H8804)}.
  • Zech 7:14 : 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind{H5590}{(H8762)} among all the nations{H1471} whom they knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not. Thus the land{H776} was desolate{H8074}{(H8738)} after{H310} them, that no man passed through{H5674}{(H8802)} nor returned{H7725}{(H8802)}: for they laid{H7760}{(H8799)} the pleasant{H2532} land{H776} desolate{H8047}.
  • Joel 1:19-20 : 19 O LORD{H3068}, to thee will I cry{H7121}{(H8799)}: for the fire{H784} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} the pastures{H4999} of the wilderness{H4057}, and the flame{H3852} hath burned{H3857}{(H8765)} all the trees{H6086} of the field{H7704}. 20 The beasts{H929} of the field{H7704} cry{H6165}{(H8799)} also unto thee: for the rivers{H650} of waters{H4325} are dried up{H3001}{(H8804)}, and the fire{H784} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} the pastures{H4999} of the wilderness{H4057}.
  • Exod 10:5 : 5 And they shall cover{H3680}{(H8765)} the face{H5869} of the earth{H776}, that one cannot be able{H3201}{(H8799)} to see{H7200}{(H8800)} the earth{H776}: and they shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} the residue{H3499} of that which is escaped{H6413}, which remaineth{H7604}{(H8737)} unto you from the hail{H1259}, and shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} every tree{H6086} which groweth{H6779}{(H8802)} for you out of the field{H7704}:
  • Exod 10:15 : 15 For they covered{H3680}{(H8762)} the face{H5869} of the whole earth{H776}, so that the land{H776} was darkened{H2821}{(H8799)}; and they did eat{H398}{(H8799)} every herb{H6212} of the land{H776}, and all the fruit{H6529} of the trees{H6086} which the hail{H1259} had left{H3498}{(H8689)}: and there remained{H3498}{(H8738)} not any green thing{H3418} in the trees{H6086}, or in the herbs{H6212} of the field{H7704}, through all the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.
  • Ps 50:3 : 3 Our God{H430} shall come{H935}{H8799)}, and shall not keep silence{H2790}{H8799)}: a fire{H784} shall devour{H398}{H8799)} before{H6440} him, and it shall be very{H3966} tempestuous{H8175}{H8738)} round about{H5439} him.
  • Ps 105:34-35 : 34 He spake{H559}{(H8804)}, and the locusts{H697} came{H935}{(H8799)}, and caterpillers{H3218}, and that without number{H4557}, 35 And did eat up{H398}{(H8799)} all the herbs{H6212} in their land{H776}, and devoured{H398}{(H8799)} the fruit{H6529} of their ground{H127}.
  • Jer 5:17 : 17 And they shall eat up{H398}{(H8804)} thine harvest{H7105}, and thy bread{H3899}, which thy sons{H1121} and thy daughters{H1323} should eat{H398}{(H8799)}: they shall eat up{H398}{(H8799)} thy flocks{H6629} and thine herds{H1241}: they shall eat up{H398}{(H8799)} thy vines{H1612} and thy fig trees{H8384}: they shall impoverish{H7567}{(H8779)} thy fenced{H4013} cities{H5892}, wherein thou{H2007} trustedst{H982}{(H8802)}, with the sword{H2719}.
  • Ezek 31:8-9 : 8 The cedars{H730} in the garden{H1588} of God{H430} could not hide{H6004}{(H8804)} him: the fir trees{H1265} were not like{H1819}{(H8804)} his boughs{H5589}, and the chesnut trees{H6196} were not like his branches{H6288}; nor any tree{H6086} in the garden{H1588} of God{H430} was like{H1819}{(H8804)} unto him in his beauty{H3308}. 9 I have made{H6213}{(H8804)} him fair{H3303} by the multitude{H7230} of his branches{H1808}: so that all the trees{H6086} of Eden{H5731}, that were in the garden{H1588} of God{H430}, envied{H7065}{(H8762)} him.
  • Joel 1:4-7 : 4 That which the palmerworm{H1501} hath left{H3499} hath the locust{H697} eaten{H398}{(H8804)}; and that which the locust{H697} hath left{H3499} hath the cankerworm{H3218} eaten{H398}{(H8804)}; and that which the cankerworm{H3218} hath left{H3499} hath the caterpiller{H2625} eaten{H398}{(H8804)}. 5 Awake{H6974}{(H8685)}, ye drunkards{H7910}, and weep{H1058}{(H8798)}; and howl{H3213}{(H8685)}, all ye drinkers{H8354}{(H8802)} of wine{H3196}, because of the new wine{H6071}; for it is cut off{H3772}{(H8738)} from your mouth{H6310}. 6 For a nation{H1471} is come up{H5927}{(H8804)} upon my land{H776}, strong{H6099}, and without number{H4557}, whose teeth{H8127} are the teeth{H8127} of a lion{H738}, and he hath the cheek teeth{H4973} of a great lion{H3833}. 7 He hath laid{H7760}{(H8804)} my vine{H1612} waste{H8047}, and barked{H7111} my fig tree{H8384}: he hath made it clean{H2834}{(H8800)} bare{H2834}{(H8804)}, and cast it away{H7993}{(H8689)}; the branches{H8299} thereof are made white{H3835}{(H8689)}.
  • Amos 7:4 : 4 Thus hath the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} shewed{H7200}{(H8689)} unto me: and, behold, the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} called{H7121}{(H8802)} to contend{H7378}{(H8800)} by fire{H784}, and it devoured{H398}{(H8799)} the great{H7227} deep{H8415}, and did eat up{H398}{(H8804)} a part{H2506}.
  • Gen 13:10 : 10 And Lot{H3876} lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} his eyes{H5869}, and beheld{H7200}{(H8799)} all the plain{H3603} of Jordan{H3383}, that it was well watered{H4945} every where, before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} destroyed{H7843}{(H8763)} Sodom{H5467} and Gomorrah{H6017}, even as the garden{H1588} of the LORD{H3068}, like the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, as thou comest{H935}{(H8800)} unto Zoar{H6820}.