 | Richard Allestree - 1667 - 464 páginas
...fupports and Joys of more, this confequence ofhoftility we find well exf re ft by the Prophet Joel 2.3. The land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a defolate wildernefs, and herein alfo hath the Lord ofllofts, the great God of battle/hewed himfelf... | |
 | William Whiston - 1706 - 406 páginas
...of gloomtnefs ; a day of clouds, •Afire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame bttrncth ; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them 4 dcfolattWildcrneji, yea, and nothing foal I efcape them. Theapptarance tf them is as the appearance... | |
 | Thomas Shaw - 1757 - 590 páginas
...juftly have they been compared by the prophet Joe/, ii. 3. to a great army ; who further obierves, that the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a dejblate icildertiefs. 1 Pifidas apud £oeh. Hicroz. par. ii. p. 441. * Agatharcida defcribes thcfe... | |
 | Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 páginas
...fcura): he " hath made it clean bare, and caft it away • •" the branches thereof are made white. The •* land is as the garden of Eden before them, * and behind them a defokte wildernefs; yca^ •* and nothing mall efcape them. The appear" ance of them is as horfes,... | |
 | James Hervey - 1767 - 566 páginas
...much as a fingle Stalk in the Furrows. A Fire devoured before them, and behind them a Flame burnetb : the Land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a defolate IFildernefs : yea, and nothing can efcape them *. Now, let the dreadful Artillery roar from... | |
 | Joseph Townsend - 1781 - 342 páginas
...may be known by the face of the country. We may fay of defpdts, as the prophet does of the locufts, " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a defolate wildernefs * ". » * Joel ii. 3. U 3 • CHAP. CHAP. IX, ON POPULATION, § I'TH HE ftrength... | |
 | 1782 - 582 páginas
...and foliage : fo juftly hath the infpired writer compared them to a great army, and obferved, that the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a defolate wildernefs. Having, in this manner, lived near a month upon the ruin and denruction of every... | |
 | 1887 - 638 páginas
...locusts. It was the difference between discomfort and starvation, mischief and ruin. And Joel says, " The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run." The translation probably is in error, and, I should think, should read, " and their... | |
 | Joseph Townsend - 1791 - 396 páginas
...after it, even to the years of many generations. A fire devoureth before them, and bchind them a flume burneth. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and bchind them a defolate wildernefs, yea, and nothing lhall efeapc them. The appearance of them is as... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1794 - 470 páginas
...clouds and thick darknefs, • V. 3. Afire devoureth before them, and behind them afiame bur net h : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them ft defolate wildernefs, V. 9. They Jhall run upon the wall, they foall climb up upon the houfes j they... | |
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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 horsemen shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on... 
