The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east,(A) and there He placed the man He had formed.

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Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;(A) and there he put the man he had formed.

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A fire destroys[a] in front of them,(A)
and behind them a flame devours.
The land in front of them
is like the Garden of Eden,(B)
but behind them,
it is like a desert wasteland;(C)
there is no escape from them.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:3 Lit consumes

Before them fire(A) devours,
    behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,(B)
    behind them, a desert waste(C)
    nothing escapes them.

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