Joshua 8:20

Easy To Read Version

The men from Ai looked back and saw their city burning. They saw the smoke rising into the sky. So they lost their strength and courage. They quit chasing the men of Israel. The men from Israel stopped running away. They turned and went to fight the men from Ai. There was no safe place for the men from Ai to run to.

Cross References

Genesis 19:28

Abraham looked down toward the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham looked at all the land in the valley. Abraham saw much smoke rising from the land. It looked like smoke from a very big fire.

Job 11:20

Bad people might look for help,\par but they won’t escape their troubles.\par Their hope leads only to death.”\par

Psalm 76:5

Those soldiers thought they were strong.\par But now they lie dead in the fields.\par Their bodies are stripped of all they owned.\par None of those strong soldiers could defend themselves.\par

Isaiah 34:10

The fires will burn day and night—no person will stop the fire. The smoke will rise from Edom forever. That land will be destroyed forever and ever. No people will ever travel through that land again.

Joshua 8:19

The men of Israel that were hiding saw this. They quickly came out from their hiding place and hurried toward the city. They entered the city and took control of it. Then the soldiers started fires to burn the city.

Joshua 8:21

Joshua and his men saw that his army had taken control of the city. They saw the smoke rising from the city. This was when they stopped running away, turned and ran toward the men of Ai to fight them.

Revelation 18:9

“The rulers of the earth who sinned sexually with her (Babylon) and shared her wealth will see the smoke from her burning. Then those rulers will cry and be sad because of her \{death\}.

Revelation 19:3

Those people in heaven also said:

Judges 20:38

Now the men of Israel had made a plan with the men that were hiding. The men that were hiding were supposed to send a special signal. The men were supposed to make a big cloud of smoke.