Deserts

Vast barren plains Exodus 5:3; John 6:13
Uninhabited places Matthew 14:15; Mark 6:31
DESCRIBED AS
- Uninhabited and lonesome Jeremiah 2:6
- Uncultivated Numbers 20:5; Jeremiah 2:2
- Desolate Ezekiel 6:14
- Dry and without water Exodus 17:1; Deuteronomy 8:15
- Trackless Isaiah 43:19
- Great and terrible Deuteronomy 1:19
- Waste and howling Deuteronomy 32:10
Infested with wild beasts Isaiah 13:21; Mark 1:13
Infested with serpents Deuteronomy 8:15
Infested with robbers Jeremiah 3:2; Lamentations 4:19
Danger of travelling in Exodus 14:3; 2 Corinthians 11:26
Guides required in Numbers 10:31; Deuteronomy 32:10
PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO
- Mirage or deceptive appearance of water Jeremiah 15:18
- Simoom or deadly wind 2 Kings 19:7; Jeremiah 4:11
- Tornadoes or whirlwinds Isaiah 21:1
- Clouds of sand and dust Deuteronomy 28:24; Jeremiah 4:12,13
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Arabian or great desert Exodus 23:31
- Bethaven Joshua 18:12
- Beersheba Genesis 21:14; 1 Kings 19:3,4
- Damascus 1 Kings 19:15
- Edom 2 Kings 3:8
- Engedi 1 Samuel 24:1
- Gibeon 2 Samuel 2:24
- Judea Matthew 3:1
- Jeruel 2 Chronicles 20:16
- Kedemoth Deuteronomy 2:26
- Kadesh Psalm 29:8
- Maon 1 Samuel 23:24,25
- Paran Genesis 21:21; Numbers 10:12
- Shur Genesis 16:7
- Sin Exodus 16:1
- Sinai Exodus 19:1,2; Numbers 33:16
- Ziph 1 Samuel 23:14,15
- Zin Numbers 20:1; 27:14
- Of the Red Sea Exodus 13:18
- Near Gaza Acts 8:26
Heath often found in Jeremiah 17:6
Parts of, afforded pasture Genesis 36:24; Exodus 3:1
Inhabited by wandering tribes Genesis 21:20,21; Psalm 72:9; Jeremiah 25:24
The persecuted fled to 1 Samuel 23:14; Hebrews 11:38
The disaffected fled to 1 Samuel 22:2; Acts 21:38
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Barrenness Psalm 106:9; 107:33,35
- Those deprived of blessings Hosea 2:3
- The world Song of Solomon 3:6; 8:5
- The Gentiles Isaiah 35:1,6; 41:19
- What affords no support Jeremiah 2:31
- Desolation by armies Jeremiah 12:10-13; 50:12

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