Joshua 8:20

New American Bible - revised edition

By the time the army of Ai looked back, the smoke from the city was going up to the heavens. Escape in any direction was impossible, because the Israelites retreating toward the wilderness now turned on their pursuers;

Cross References

Genesis 19:28

As he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole region of the Plain, he saw smoke over the land rising like the smoke from a kiln.

Job 11:20

but the wicked, looking on, shall be consumed with envy. Escape shall be cut off from them, their only hope their last breath.

Psalm 76:5

Terrible and awesome are you, stronger than the ancient mountains.

Isaiah 34:10

Night and day it shall not be quenched, its smoke shall rise forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste, never again shall anyone pass through it.

Joshua 8:19

and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose from their post, rushed in, captured the city, and immediately set it on fire.

Joshua 8:21

for when Joshua and the main body of Israelites saw that the city had been taken by ambush and was going up in smoke, they struck back at the forces of Ai.

Revelation 18:9

The kings of the earth who had intercourse with her in their wantonness will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her pyre.

Revelation 19:3

They said a second time: “Alleluia! Smoke will rise from her forever and ever.”

Judges 20:38

The arrangement the men of Israel had with the men in ambush was that they would send up a smoke signal from the city,

Judges 20:40

But when the signal, the column of smoke, began to rise up from the city, Benjamin looked back and there was the whole city going up in smoke toward heaven.

Judges 20:41

Then when the men of Israel wheeled about, the men of Benjamin were thrown into confusion, for they realized that disaster was closing in on them.