He looked down at Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a huge furnace.

What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke, fragrant with incense and myrrh, the incense sold by the traders?

"I will give warnings of that day in the sky and on the earth; there will be bloodshed, fire, and clouds of smoke.

Again they shouted, "Praise God! The smoke from the flames that consume the great city goes up forever and ever!"

When the men of Ai looked back, they saw the smoke rising to the sky. There was no way for them to escape, because the Israelites who had run toward the barren country now turned around to attack them.