Verse 20

And when the men{H582} of Ai{H5857} looked{H6437}{(H8799)} behind{H310} them, they saw{H7200}{(H8799)}, and, behold, the smoke{H6227} of the city{H5892} ascended up{H5927}{(H8804)} to heaven{H8064}, and they had no power{H3027} to flee{H5127}{(H8800)} this way or that way{H2008}: and the people{H5971} that fled{H5127}{(H8801)} to the wilderness{H4057} turned back{H2015}{(H8738)} upon the pursuers{H7291}{(H8802)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 19:28 : 28 And he looked{H8259}{(H8686)} toward{H6440} Sodom{H5467} and Gomorrah{H6017}, and toward{H6440} all the land{H776} of the plain{H3603}, and beheld{H7200}{(H8799)}, and, lo, the smoke{H7008} of the country{H776} went up{H5927}{(H8804)} as the smoke{H7008} of a furnace{H3536}.
  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes{H5869} of the wicked{H7563} shall fail{H3615}{(H8799)}, and they shall not escape{H6}{(H8804)}{H4498}, and their hope{H8615} shall be as the giving up{H4646} of the ghost{H5315}.
  • Ps 48:5-6 : 5 They saw{H7200}{H8804)} it, and so they marvelled{H8539}{H8804)}; they were troubled{H926}{H8738)}, and hasted away{H2648}{H8738)}. 6 Fear{H7461} took hold{H270}{H8804)} upon them there, and pain{H2427}, as of a woman in travail{H3205}{H8802)}.
  • Ps 76:5 : 5 The stouthearted{H47}{H3820} are spoiled{H7997}{H8709)}, they have slept{H5123}{H8804)} their sleep{H8142}: and none of the men{H582} of might{H2428} have found{H4672}{H8804)} their hands{H3027}.
  • Isa 34:10 : 10 It shall not be quenched{H3518}{(H8799)} night{H3915} nor day{H3119}; the smoke{H6227} thereof shall go up{H5927}{(H8799)} for ever{H5769}: from generation{H1755} to generation{H1755} it shall lie waste{H2717}{(H8799)}; none shall pass through{H5674}{(H8802)} it for ever{H5331} and ever{H5331}.
  • Amos 2:14-16 : 14 Therefore the flight{H4498} shall perish{H6}{(H8804)} from the swift{H7031}, and the strong{H2389} shall not strengthen{H553}{(H8762)} his force{H3581}, neither shall the mighty{H1368} deliver{H4422}{(H8762)} himself{H5315}: 15 Neither shall he stand{H5975}{(H8799)} that handleth{H8610}{(H8802)} the bow{H7198}; and he that is swift{H7031} of foot{H7272} shall not deliver{H4422}{(H8762)} himself: neither shall he that rideth{H7392}{(H8802)} the horse{H5483} deliver{H4422}{(H8762)} himself{H5315}. 16 And he that is courageous{H533}{H3820} among the mighty{H1368} shall flee away{H5127}{(H8799)} naked{H6174} in that day{H3117}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Rev 6:15-17 : 15 And{G2532} the kings{G935} of the earth{G1093}, and{G2532} the great men{G3175}, and{G2532} the rich men{G4145}, and{G2532} the chief captains{G5506}, and{G2532} the mighty men{G1415}, and{G2532} every{G3956} bondman{G1401}, and{G2532} every{G3956} free man{G1658}, hid{G2928}{(G5656)} themselves{G1438} in{G1519} the dens{G4693} and{G2532} in{G1519} the rocks{G4073} of the mountains{G3735}; 16 And{G2532} said{G3004}{(G5719)} to the mountains{G3735} and{G2532} rocks{G4073}, Fall{G4098}{(G5628)} on{G1909} us{G2248}, and{G2532} hide{G2928}{(G5657)} us{G2248} from{G575} the face{G4383} of him that sitteth{G2521}{(G5740)} on{G1909} the throne{G2362}, and{G2532} from{G575} the wrath{G3709} of the Lamb{G721}: 17 For{G3754} the great{G3173} day{G2250} of his{G846} wrath{G3709} is come{G2064}{(G5627)}; and{G2532} who{G5101} shall be able{G1410}{(G5736)} to stand{G2476}{(G5683)}?
  • Rev 18:9 : 9 And{G2532} the kings{G935} of the earth{G1093}, who{G3588} have committed fornication{G4203}{(G5660)} and{G2532} lived deliciously{G4763}{(G5660)} with{G3326} her{G846}, shall bewail{G2799}{(G5695)} her{G846}, and{G2532} lament{G2875}{(G5695)} for{G1909} her{G846}, when{G3752} they shall see{G991}{(G5725)} the smoke{G2586} of her{G846} burning{G4451},
  • Rev 19:3 : 3 And{G2532} again{G1208} they said{G2046}{(G5758)}, Alleluia{G239}. And{G2532} her{G846} smoke{G2586} rose up{G305}{(G5719)} for{G1519} ever{G165} and ever{G165}.