Deserts
Deserts
Vast barren plains - Ex 5:3; Joh 6:13
Uninhabited places - Mt 14:15; Mr 6:31
DESCRIBED AS
- Uninhabited and lonesome
- Jer 2:6 - Uncultivated
- Nu 20:5; Jer 2:2 - Desolate
- Eze 6:14 - Dry and without water
- Ex 17:1; De 8:15 - Trackless
- Isa 43:19 - Great and terrible
- De 1:19 - Waste and howling
- De 32:10
Infested with wild beasts - Isa 13:21; Mr 1:13
Infested with serpents - De 8:15
Infested with robbers - Jer 3:2; La 4:19
Danger of travelling in - Ex 14:3; 2Co 11:26
Guides required in - Nu 10:31; De 32:10
PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO
- Mirage or deceptive appearance of water
- Jer 15:18 - Simoom or deadly wind
- 2Ki 19:7; Jer 4:11 - Tornadoes or whirlwinds
- Isa 21:1 - Clouds of sand and dust
- De 28:24; Jer 4:12,13
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
Heath often found in - Jer 17:6
Parts of, afforded pasture - Ge 36:24; Ex 3:1
Inhabited by wandering tribes - Ge 21:20,21; Ps 72:9; Jer 25:24
The persecuted fled to - 1Sa 23:14; Heb 11:38
The disaffected fled to - 1Sa 22:2; Ac 21:38
ILLUSTRATIVE OF