 | Andrew Crichton - Arabian Peninsula - 1834 - 436 pages
...for their 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.... | |
 | British literature - 1834 - 532 pages
...poisonous, caustic, 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... | |
 | George Croly - Bible - 1834 - 666 pages
...career of the invading army, strengthens his highest contrast of beauty and desolation by its memory : " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them as a howling wilderness." (ii. 3). The tree of life is no less an object of frequent reference. "The... | |
 | Reverend William Kirby - 1835 - 562 pages
...Nebuchadnezzar, also mark their progress by devastation and rum ; to use the graphic language of the prophet—" The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wildeniess"2 This plague has generally been considered as belonging to the old world, in which... | |
 | James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood - Insects - 1835 - 332 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 shaH escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance... | |
 | Bible - 1838 - 900 pages
...the years 'of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them ; and behind them a flame burneth : 'Woe unto you that are full ! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance... | |
 | 1836 - 364 pages
...Even to the years of many generations. Before them a fire devoureth, 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. Their appearance shall be like the appearance... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Brownists - 1837 - 624 pages
...be in succeeding generations. II. 3. Afire devour eth 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. II. 4. The appearance of them is as the appearance... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 630 pages
...be in succeeding generations. II. 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. In the forepart of their troops, they devour... | |
 | William Chambers - Literature - 1837 - 352 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... | |
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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. 
