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These places hold significant theological and symbolic meaning throughout the Scriptures, serving as settings for divine encounters, testing, and spiritual reflection.<br><br><b>Biblical References and Significance</b><br><br>1. <b>Wilderness as an Out-place</b>: The wilderness is frequently depicted as an "out-place" where significant biblical events occur. It is a place of testing and transformation. For instance, the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years as a period of testing and reliance on God (<a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2</a>). Similarly, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil (<a href="/matthew/4.htm">Matthew 4:1</a>: "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil").<br><br>2. <b>Desolate Regions</b>: Out-places often refer to desolate or uninhabited regions. These areas are sometimes used as metaphors for spiritual desolation or judgment. In <a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9</a>, the desolation of Babylon is described as a divine judgment: "Behold, the day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it."<br><br>3. <b>Places of Refuge and Solitude</b>: Out-places can also be places of refuge and solitude, where individuals seek God away from the distractions of society. David, for example, fled to the wilderness to escape King Saul's pursuit, finding solace and divine guidance in these remote areas (<a href="/1_samuel/23-14.htm">1 Samuel 23:14</a>: "David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not deliver David into his hands").<br><br>4. <b>Symbolic Meaning</b>: The concept of out-places extends beyond physical locations to symbolize spiritual states. Being in an out-place can represent a time of spiritual dryness or separation from God, yet it is also an opportunity for renewal and deeper communion with Him. <a href="/hosea/2-14.htm">Hosea 2:14-15</a> speaks of God alluring Israel into the wilderness to restore her: "Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly. There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope."<br><br>5. <b>Prophetic Imagery</b>: Prophets often used out-places as imagery for divine judgment or restoration. Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones (Ezekiel 37) takes place in a desolate valley, symbolizing Israel's spiritual death and the promise of resurrection and restoration through God's Spirit.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>Out-places in the Bible serve as crucial settings for divine-human interaction. They are places where God reveals His power, provides sustenance, and calls His people to repentance and faith. These locations remind believers of the importance of stepping away from the busyness of life to seek God in solitude and reflection. They also underscore the theme of God's presence and provision, even in the most desolate and challenging circumstances.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_care_to_be_had_for_the_dead_/doctrinal_and_moral_treatises_index.htm"><span class="l">Doctrinal and Moral Treatises. Index of Subjects.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> souls themselves, [393]545; produced by the ministry of Angels, [394]545, [395]547,<br> [396]549; asking for burial, [397]545; use of: pointing <b>out places</b> of burial <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../on care to be had for the dead /doctrinal and moral treatises index.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/out-places.htm"><span class="l"><b>Out</b>-<b>places</b> (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>Out</b>-<b>places</b>. Out-place, <b>Out</b>-<b>places</b>. Outpost . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Out</b>-<b>places</b> (22 Occurrences). Job 5:10 Who is <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/out-places.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/treading-place.htm"><span class="l">Treading-place (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> I send him, And concerning a people of My wrath I charge him, To spoil spoil, and<br> to seize prey, And to make it a treading-place as the clay of <b>out</b><b>places</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/treading-place.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/outpost.htm"><span class="l">Outpost (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outpost.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/out-place.htm"><span class="l">Out-place (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Out-place. Outnumber, Out-place. <b>Out</b>-<b>places</b> . Multi-Version Concordance<br> Out-place (5 Occurrences). <b>...</b> Outnumber, Out-place. <b>Out</b>-<b>places</b> . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/out-place.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wrapt.htm"><span class="l">Wrapt (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 51:20 Thy sons have been wrapt up, they have lain down, At the head of all<br><b>out</b><b>places</b>, as a wild ox 'in' a net, They are full of the fury of Jehovah <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wrapt.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/embraced.htm"><span class="l">Embraced (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See RSV). Lamentations 4:5 Those eating of dainties have been desolate in <b>out</b>-<b>places</b>,<br> Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills. (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/embraced.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dusts.htm"><span class="l">Dusts (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Dusts (1 Occurrence). Proverbs 8:26 While He had not made<br> the earth, and <b>out</b>-<b>places</b>, And the top of the dusts of the world. (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dusts.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/desolated.htm"><span class="l">Desolated (21 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Zephaniah 3:6 I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have<br> laid waste their <b>out</b>-<b>places</b> without any passing by, Destroyed have been <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/desolated.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mourners.htm"><span class="l">Mourners (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Amos 5:16 Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places<br> 'is' lamentation, And in all <b>out</b>-<b>places</b> they say, 'Alas, alas,' And called <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mourners.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pinnacles.htm"><span class="l">Pinnacles (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 15:3 In its <b>out</b>-<b>places</b> they girded on sackcloth, On its pinnacles, and in<br> its broad places, Every one howleth -- going down with weeping. (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pinnacles.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sinners-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-God.html">What is the “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” sermon? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/high-places.html">What is the significance of high places in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/be-sure-your-sin-will-find-you-out.html">What does Numbers 32:23 mean when it says, “Be sure your sin will find you out”? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Out-places (22 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10</a></span><br />Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/144-13.htm">Psalms 144:13</a></span><br />Our garners 'are' full, bringing out from kind to kind, Our flocks are bringing forth thousands, Ten thousands in our <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/8-26.htm">Proverbs 8:26</a></span><br />While He had not made the earth, and <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>, And the top of the dusts of the world.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm">Isaiah 15:3</a></span><br />In its <span class="boldtext">out-places</span> they girded on sackcloth, On its pinnacles, and in its broad places, Every one howleth -- going down with weeping.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">Isaiah 24:11</a></span><br />A cry over the wine 'is' in <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-16.htm">Jeremiah 14:16</a></span><br />And the people to whom they are prophesying, Are cast into <span class="boldtext">out-places</span> of Jerusalem, Because of the famine, and of the sword, And they have none burying them, Them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, And I have poured out upon them this evil.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/2-19.htm">Lamentations 2:19</a></span><br />Arise, cry aloud in the night, At the beginning of the watches. Pour out as water thy heart, Over against the face of the Lord, Lift up unto Him thy hands, for the soul of thine infants, Who are feeble with hunger at the head of all <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/2-21.htm">Lamentations 2:21</a></span><br />Lain on the earth 'in' <span class="boldtext">out-places</span> have young and old, My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword, Thou hast slain in a day of Thine anger, Thou hast slaughtered -- Thou hast not pitied.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/4-1.htm">Lamentations 4:1</a></span><br />How is the gold become dim, Changed the best -- the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5</a></span><br />Those eating of dainties have been desolate in <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm">Lamentations 4:8</a></span><br />Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered -- it hath been as wood.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm">Lamentations 4:14</a></span><br />They have wandered naked in <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>, They have been polluted with blood, Without 'any' being able to touch their clothing,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Ezekiel 7:19</a></span><br />Their silver into <span class="boldtext">out-places</span> they cast, And their gold impurity becometh. Their silver and their gold is not able to deliver them, In a day of the wrath of Jehovah, Their soul they do not satisfy, And their bowels they do not fill, For the stumbling-block of their iniquity it hath been.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-6.htm">Ezekiel 11:6</a></span><br />Ye multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its <span class="boldtext">out-places</span> with the wounded.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Ezekiel 26:11</a></span><br />With hoofs of his horses he treadeth all thine <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>, Thy people by sword he doth slay, And the pillars of thy strength to the earth come down.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-23.htm">Ezekiel 28:23</a></span><br />And I have sent into her pestilence, And blood into her <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>, The wounded hath been judged in her midst, By the sword upon her round about, And they have known that I 'am' Jehovah.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/micah/7-10.htm">Micah 7:10</a></span><br />And see doth mine enemy, And cover her doth shame, Who saith unto me, 'Where 'is' Jehovah thy God?' Mine eyes do look on her, Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/2-4.htm">Nahum 2:4</a></span><br />In <span class="boldtext">out-places</span> shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances 'are' like torches, As lightnings they run.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10</a></span><br />Even she doth become an exile, She hath gone into captivity, Even her sucklings are dashed to pieces At the top of all <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>, And for her honoured ones they cast a lot, And all her great ones have been bound in fetters.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Zephaniah 3:6</a></span><br />I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their <span class="boldtext">out-places</span> without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/9-3.htm">Zechariah 9:3</a></span><br />And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of <span class="boldtext">out-places</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/10-5.htm">Zechariah 10:5</a></span><br />And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of <span class="boldtext">out-places</span> in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah 'is' with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/o/out-places.htm">Out-places</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gezer.htm">Gezer (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jonathan.htm">Jonathan (109 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/out-places.htm">Out-places (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/outposts.htm">Outposts (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cappadocia.htm">Cappadocia (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon (277 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul (371 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/damascus.htm">Damascus (58 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses (9295 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/o/out-place.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Out-place"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Out-place" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/o/outpost.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Outpost"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Outpost" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>