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Deserts
1. Vast barren plains. Ex 5:3; Joh 6:13.
2. Uninhabited places. Mt 14:15; Mr 6:31.
3. Described as
a. Uninhabited and lonesome. Jer 2:6.
b. Uncultivated. Nu 20:5; Jer 2:2.
c. Desolate. Eze 6:14.
d. Dry and without water. Ex 17:1; De 8:15.
e. Trackless. Isa 43:19.
f. Great and terrible. De 1:19.
g. 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
a. Mirage or deceptive appearance of water. Jer 15:18.
b. Simoom or deadly wind. 2Ki 19:7; Jer 4:11.
c. Tornadoes or whirlwinds. Isa 21:1.
d. Clouds of sand and dust. De 28:24; Jer 4:12,13.
10. Mentioned in scripture
a. Arabian or great desert. Ex 23:31.
b. Bethaven. Jos 18:12.
c. Beersheba. Ge 21:14; 1Ki 19:3,4.
d. Damascus. 1Ki 19:15.
e. Edom. 2Ki 3:8.
f. Engedi. 1Sa 24:1.
g. Gibeon. 2Sa 2:24.
h. Judea. Mt 3:1.
i. Jeruel. 2Ch 20:16.
j. Kedemoth. De 2:26.
k. Kadesh. Ps 29:8.
n. Shur. Ge 16:7.
o. Sin. Ex 16:1.
p. Sinai. Ex 19:1,2; Nu 33:16.
s. Of the Red Sea. Ex 13:18.
t. 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
a. Barrenness. Ps 106:9; 107:33,35.
b. Those deprived of blessings. Ho 2:3.
d. The Gentiles. Isa 35:1,6; 41:19.
e. What affords no support. Jer 2:31.
f. Desolation by armies. Jer 12:10-13; 50:12.