DESERTS

DESERTS

1. Vast barren plains # Ex 5:3 Joh 6:13
2. Uninhabited places # Mt 14:15 Mr 6:31
3. DESCRIBED AS 3a) Uninhabited and lonesome

   # Jer 2:6

3b) Uncultivated # Nu 20:5 Jer 2:2 3c) Desolate # Eze 6:14 3d) Dry and without water # Ex 17:1 De 8:15 3e) Trackless # Isa 43:19 3f) Great and terrible # De 1:19 3g) Waste and howling # De 32:10 4) Infested with wild beasts # Isa 13:21 Mr 1:13 5) Infested with serpents # De 8:15 6) Infested with robbers # Jer 3:2 La 4:19 7) Danger of travelling in # Ex 14:3 2Co 11:26 8) Guides required in # Nu 10:31 De 32:10 9) PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO 9a) Mirage or deceptive appearance of water # Jer 15:18 9b) Simoom or deadly wind # 2Ki 19:7 Jer 4:11 9c) Tornadoes or whirlwinds # Isa 21:1 9d) Clouds of sand and dust # De 28:24 Jer 4:12,13 10) MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 10a) Arabian or great desert # Ex 23:31 10b) Bethaven # Jos 18:12  10c) Beersheba # Ge 21:14 1Ki 19:3,4 10d) Damascus # 1Ki 19:15 10e) Edom # 2Ki 3:8 10f) Engedi # 1Sa 24:1 10g) Gibeon # 2Sa 2:24 10h) Judea # Mt 3:1 10i) Jeruel # 2Ch 20:16 10j) Kedemoth # De 2:26 10k) Kadesh # Ps 29:8 10l) Maon # 1Sa 23:24,25 10m) Paran # Ge 21:21 Nu 10:12 10n) Shur # Ge 16:7 10o) Sin # Ex 16:1 10p) Sinai # Ex 19:1,2 Nu 33:16 10q) Ziph # 1Sa 23:14,15 10r) Zin # Nu 20:1 27:14 10s) Of the Red Sea # Ex 13:18 10t) Near Gaza # Ac 8:26 11) Heath often found in # Jer 17:6 12) Parts of, afforded pasture # Ge 36:24 Ex 3:1 13) Inhabited by wandering tribes # Ge 21:20,21 Ps 72:9 Jer 25:24 14) The persecuted fled to # 1Sa 23:14 Heb 11:38  15) The disaffected fled to # 1Sa 22:2 Ac 21:38 16) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 16a) Barrenness # Ps 106:9 107:33,35 16b) Those deprived of blessings # Ho 2:3 16c) The world # So 3:6 8:5 16d) The Gentiles # Isa 35:1,6 41:19 16e) What affords no support # Jer 2:31 16f) Desolation by armies # Jer 12:10-13 50:12