3 A fire devours in front of them, 2:3 Ps 97:3; Is 9:18–19
and behind them a flame blazes.
The land in front of them
is like the garden of Eden, 2:3 Gn 2:8–15; Ezk 36:35
but behind them,
it is like a desert wasteland; 2:3 Ex 10:5,15; Ps 105:34–35
there is no escape from them.