New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Deserts

• Vast barren plains Ex. 5:3; Jn. 6:31
• Uninhabited places Mt. 14:15; Mk. 6:31
• Described as
  • Uninhabited and lonesome Jer. 2:6
  • Uncultivated Num. 20:5; Jer. 2:2
  • Desolate Ezek. 6:14
  • Dry and without water Ex. 17:1; Dt. 8:15
  • Trackless Isa. 43:19
  • Great and terrible Dt. 1:19
  • Waste and howling Dt. 32:10
• Infested with wild beasts Isa. 13:21; Mk. 1:13
• Infested with serpents Dt. 8:15
• Infested with robbers Jer. 3:2; Lam. 4:19
• Danger of travelling in Ex. 14:3; 2 Cor. 11:26
• Guides required in Num. 10:31; Dt. 32:10
• Phenomena of, alluded to
  • Mirage or deceptive appearance of water Jer. 15:18
  • Simoom or deadly wind 2 Ki. 19:7; Jer. 4:11
  • Tornadoes or whirlwinds Isa. 21:1
  • Clouds of sand and dust Dt. 28:24; Jer. 4:12, 13
• Mentioned in scripture
  • Arabian or great desert Ex. 23:31
  • Bethaven Josh. 18:12
  • Beersheba Gen. 21:14; 1 Ki. 19:3, 4
  • Damascus 1 Ki. 19:15
  • Edom 2 Ki. 3:8
  • Engedi 1 Sam. 24:1
  • Gibeon 2 Sam. 2:24
  • Judea Mt. 3:1
  • Jeruel 2 Chr. 20:16
  • Kedemoth Dt. 2:26
  • Kadesh Ps. 29:8
  • Maon 1 Sam. 23:24, 25
  • Paran Gen. 21:21; Num. 10:12
  • Shur Gen. 16:7; Ex. 15:22
  • Sin Ex. 16:1
  • Sinai Ex. 19:1, 2; Num. 33:16
  • Ziph 1 Sam. 23:14, 15
  • Zin Num. 20:1, 27:14
  • Of the Red Sea Ex. 13:18
  • Near Gaza Acts 8:26
• Heath often found in Jer. 17:6
• Parts of, afforded pasture Gen. 36:24; Ex. 3:1
• Inhabited by wandering tribes Gen. 21:20, 21; Ps. 72:9; Jer. 25:24
• The persecuted fled to 1 Sam. 23:14; Heb. 11:38
• The disaffected fled to 1 Sam. 22:2; Acts 21:38
• Illustrative of
  • Barrenness Ps. 106:9, 107:33, 35
  • Those deprived of all blessings Hos. 2:3
  • The world Song 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