Joel 2:3

3 	Fire devours before them,
		and behind them a flame burns.
	The land is like the garden of xEden before them,
		but behind them a desolate wilderness,
		and nothing escapes them.

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Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.

Ezekiel 36:35
And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’

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