Zacarias 7:14

14 “Eu os espalhei com um vendaval entre as nações que eles nem conhecem. A terra que deixaram para trás ficou tão destruída que ninguém podia atravessá-la. Foi assim que transformaram a terra aprazível em ruínas”.

Zacarias 7:14 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 7:14

But I scattered them with a whirlwind
Denoting the fierceness of his wrath, and the strength of his fury, seen in their dispersion: among all the nations whom they knew not;
such as the Babylonians, Medes, and Persians, people before unknown to the Jews: thus the land was desolate after them;
that is, the land of Judea was destitute of inhabitants, or had but few remaining in it, after the Jews were carried captive into Babylon; for the rest, after the death of Gedaliah, fled into Egypt: that no man passed through, nor returned;
neither from Egypt, nor from Babylon, until the seventy years of captivity were ended; nor indeed did any from other nations pass through and fro, or settle in it, during this time, that we have any account of: for they laid the pleasant land desolate;
either the Israelites by their iniquities, which were the cause of it; or the Babylonians, as the instruments of God's vengeance. This pleasant land is the land of Canaan, a land flowing with milk and honey; the glory of all lands, for its great fruitfulness, and delightful situation; and especially for being the seat of the divine Majesty, and where his people dwelt, and where his temple was, and he was worshipped; see ( Ezekiel 20:6 ) ( Deuteronomy 8:7-10 ) .

Zacarias 7:14 In-Context

12 Endureceram o coração e não ouviram a Lei e as palavras que o SENHOR dos Exércitos tinha falado, pelo seu Espírito, por meio dos antigos profetas. Por isso o SENHOR dos Exércitos irou-se muito.

13 “Quando eu os chamei, não me deram ouvidos; por isso, quando eles me chamarem, também não os ouvirei”, diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos.

14 “Eu os espalhei com um vendaval entre as nações que eles nem conhecem. A terra que deixaram para trás ficou tão destruída que ninguém podia atravessá-la. Foi assim que transformaram a terra aprazível em ruínas”.