 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.  Everard Tunstall - Page 128by Thomas Forester - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Miss S Waring - 1833 - 252 pages
...another, but not without leaving mournful traces of their visits. It might almost be said of them, " The land was as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." After some time had passed, the persecuted Protestants, finding all was quiet, ventured to steal forth... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1833 - 476 pages
...the slain. — Travek, vol. ii. p. 148. their ravages as that of the Prophet Joel : — " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness."* Africa, Egypt, Persia, and the whole of Asia, are subject to their visitations. In Arabia the locusts... | |
 | George Rapall Noyes - 1833 - 306 pages
...of many generations, a 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, nothing escapeth them. 4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, And like horsemen... | |
 | Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray - 1833 - 394 pages
...ip, 418 many generations. 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 appearance of them is as the appearance of horses ; and as... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 pages
...that in Joel ii. 3 — 10. '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, nothing shall escape them, &c. This is, perhaps, one of the most striking and animated pictures... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1833 - 384 pages
...justly have they been compared by the prophet to a great army ; who further observes, that the land is as the garden of Eden before, them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." Mr. Morier says, " On the llth of June, while seated in our tents about noon, we heard a very unusual... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 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 a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them. « 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and... | |
 | 1834 - 532 pages
...or bitter plants, as well as the juicy and nutritive, are equally consumed ; and thus " the land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." It seems as if nothing could appease their devouring hunger, and the energy and activity they exhibit,... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1834 - 436 pages
...use. No pen has so beautifully depicted their ravages as that of the Prophet Joel : — " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness."* Africa, Egypt, Persia, and the whole of Asia, are subject to their visitations. In Arabia the locusts... | |
 | 1827 - 492 pages
...blood, so merciless, so irresistible, never took the field. " A fire, devoured before them, and behind a flame burned. The land was as the garden of Eden...before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness : yea, and nothing escaped them." m Prodigies of valour could avail nothing in the face of an enemy,... | |
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