 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.  The Family monitor - Side 1391831Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1809 - 454 sider
...article conceives himself fully justified in applying to them the language of the prophet Joel : " the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate .TvUflcrness." Hereitisnatural for the thinking Reader to enquire how came the portion of English Nonconformists,... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1810 - 412 sider
...gloominess: a day of clouds and thick darkness, V. 3. A fire devoureth before them, and behind them aflame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness, V. 9. They shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses ; they shall enter into the... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1810 - 418 sider
...darkness and of gloominess: a day of clouds and thick darkness, V. 3. Afire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and befnnd them a desolate -wilderness, - , V. 9. They shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1810 - 408 sider
...a day of clouds and thick darkV; 3. A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burnt lh: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness,—' — V. o/. -They shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses j they shall enter into... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 478 sider
...great people and a " strong; there hath not been ever the like — A tire de" voureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth : " the land is. as...desolate • wilderness ; yea, and nothing " shall " and the feasts of blood, with their priests out of the midst of their " idolatrous crew, and the... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 474 sider
...great people and a " strong ; there hath not been ever the like — A tire de" voureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth : " the land is as...them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing " shall " and the feasts of blood, with their priests out of the midst of their " idolatrous crew, and the... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 sider
...13, 14. So the prophei: Joel compares the holy land to paradise before the Chaldean army wasted it: " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and...desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them," Joel ii. 3. And I have often thought, pardon my digression, that, after our first parents were expelled... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 150 sider
...shall be any more after it, even to the yeares 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 behinde them a disolate wildernesse, yea, and nothing shall escape them. 5. " Like the noise of chariots... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 424 sider
...Northern 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 conclude... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1811 - 176 sider
...it, even to the yeares of many generations. 3. " A fire devoureth before them, and behind them aflame burneth : the 'land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behinde them a desolate wildernesse, yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4. " The appearance of them... | |
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