Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.
KJV
Joel 2:3
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.
Parallel Translations
Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.
A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.
Cross References
Isaiah 51:3Joel 1:19–20Genesis 2:8Zechariah 7:14Amos 7:4Psalms 50:3Exodus 10:5Exodus 10:15Jeremiah 5:17Genesis 13:10Psalms 105:34–35Joel 1:4–7Ezekiel 31:8–9
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