Joel 2:3
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
מִדְבָּר
a wilderness of
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מִדְבָּר
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
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לֶהָבָה
a flame
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לֶהָבָה
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
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לָהַט
it sets ablaze
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לָהַט
properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze
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פְּלֵיטָה
escape
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פְּלֵיטָה
deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
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שְׁמָמָה
desolation
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שְׁמָמָה
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
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עֵדֶן
Eden
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עֵדֶן
Eden, the region of Adam's home
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