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.
Original Language Analysis
לְפָנָ֗יו
before
H6440
לְפָנָ֗יו
before
Strong's:
H6440
Word #:
1 of 18
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
וְאַֽחֲרָיו֙
them and behind
H310
וְאַֽחֲרָיו֙
them and behind
Strong's:
H310
Word #:
4 of 18
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
תְּלַהֵ֣ט
burneth
H3857
תְּלַהֵ֣ט
burneth
Strong's:
H3857
Word #:
5 of 18
properly, to lick, i.e., (by implication) to blaze
לְפָנָ֗יו
before
H6440
לְפָנָ֗יו
before
Strong's:
H6440
Word #:
10 of 18
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
וְאַֽחֲרָיו֙
them and behind
H310
וְאַֽחֲרָיו֙
them and behind
Strong's:
H310
Word #:
11 of 18
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
מִדְבַּ֣ר
wilderness
H4057
מִדְבַּ֣ר
wilderness
Strong's:
H4057
Word #:
12 of 18
a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
וְגַם
H1571
וְגַם
Strong's:
H1571
Word #:
14 of 18
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
פְּלֵיטָ֖ה
yea and nothing shall escape
H6413
פְּלֵיטָ֖ה
yea and nothing shall escape
Strong's:
H6413
Word #:
15 of 18
deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
לֹא
H3808
לֹא
Strong's:
H3808
Word #:
16 of 18
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Cross References
Isaiah 51:3For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.Genesis 2:8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.Zechariah 7:14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.Exodus 10:15For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.Exodus 10:5And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:
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