 | James Macknight - 1809 - 544 pàgines
...justly have they been compared by the prophet Joel (ii. 3.) to a great army ; who farther observes, that the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness. " Having lived near a month in this manner, (like a /uvturtfut %I$K, or siuord "with ten thousand edges,... | |
 | 1809 - 454 pàgines
...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 - 418 pàgines
...Ch. ii. Ver. 2. A day of 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 - 412 pàgines
...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 - 408 pàgines
...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 - 1811 - 474 pàgines
...mountains : a 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...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 Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 478 pàgines
...mountains : a 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...desolate • wilderness ; yea, and nothing " shall " and the feasts of blood, with their priests out of the midst of their " idolatrous crew, and the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 150 pàgines
...been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the yeares of many generations. 3. "A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame...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 Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 pàgines
...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... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 424 pàgines
...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... | |
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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. 
