Joshua 8:20

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The men from Ai looked back and saw their city burning. When they saw the smoke rising into the sky, they lost their strength and courage. They stopped chasing the men of Israel. The Israelites 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

Revelation 19:3

These people also said, “Hallelujah! She is burning and her smoke will rise forever and ever.”

Revelation 18:9

“The rulers of the earth who sinned sexually with her and shared her wealth will see the smoke from her burning. Then they will cry and be sad because of her death.

Isaiah 34:10

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

Psalm 76:5

They thought they were strong, but now they lie dead in the fields. Their bodies are stripped of all they owned. They could not defend themselves.

Job 11:20

Evil people might look for help, but they will not escape their troubles. Their hope leads only to death.”

Genesis 19:28

Abraham looked down into the valley toward the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. He saw clouds of smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.

Joshua 8:19

When the Israelites who 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

When Joshua and his men saw that his army had taken control of the city and that smoke was rising from it, they stopped running away and turned to fight the men of Ai.

Judges 20:38

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