FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)

Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.

- 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