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
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
Shur Ge 16:7
Sin Ex 16:1
Ziph 1Sa 23:14,15
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 Gentiles Isa 35:1,6; 41:19
What affords no support Jer 2:31
Desolation by armies Jer 12:10-13; 50:12