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 . Arabian or great desert Ex 23:31 . Bethaven Jos 18:12 . Beersheba Ge 21:14; 1Ki 19:3,4 . Damascus 1Ki 19:15 . Edom 2Ki 3:8 . Engedi 1Sa 24:1 . Gibeon 2Sa 2:24 . Judea Mt 3:1 . Jeruel 2Ch 20:16 . Kedemoth De 2:26 . Kadesh Ps 29:8 . Maon 1Sa 23:24,25 . Paran Ge 21:21; Nu 10:12 . Shur Ge 16:7 . Sin Ex 16:1 . Sinai Ex 19:1,2; Nu 33:16 . Ziph 1Sa 23:14,15 . Zin Nu 20:1; 27:14 . Of the Red Sea Ex 13:18 . Near Gaza Ac 8:26 - 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 . Barrenness Ps 106:9; 107:33,35 . Those deprived of blessings Ho 2:3 . The world So 3:6; 8:5 . The Gentiles Isa 35:1,6; 41:19 . What affords no support Jer 2:31 . Desolation by armies Jer 12:10-13; 50:12