Zechariah 7:14

14 ‘I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land they left behind them was so desolate that no one traveled through it. This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.’ ”

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Zechariah 7:14 in Other Translations

KJV

14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

ESV

14 "and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known. Thus the land they left was desolate, so that no one went to and fro, and the pleasant land was made desolate."

NLT

14 As with a whirlwind, I scattered them among the distant nations, where they lived as strangers. Their land became so desolate that no one even traveled through it. They turned their pleasant land into a desert.”

MSG

14 I scattered them to the four winds. They ended up strangers wherever they were. Their 'promised land' became a vacant lot - weeds and tin cans and thistles. Not a sign of life. They turned a dreamland into a wasteland."

CSB

14 "I scattered them with a windstorm over all the nations that had not known them, and the land was left desolate behind them, with no one coming or going. They turned a pleasant land into a desolation."

Zechariah 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 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Zechariah 7:14 In-Context

12 They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the LORD Almighty was very angry.

13 “ ‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the LORD Almighty.

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1. S Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64-67; S Psalms 44:11
2. Jeremiah 23:19
3. S Isaiah 33:8
4. S Jeremiah 7:34; S Jeremiah 44:6; S Ezekiel 12:19

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