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General Information:
Joel's description of the coming army continues.
A fire is consuming everything in front of it
A fire destroys everything as it moves, and the "army" (Joel 2:2), whether of humans or of locusts, destroys everything as it moves. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
behind it a flame is burning
After a wall of flame goes through dry land and burns the dryest and smallest fuel, there will still be flames as the larger and less dry fuel burns, (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
land is like the garden of Eden
The garden of Eden was a beautiful place, and the land was beautiful. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)