Zaccaria 7:14

14 e li disperderò tra tutte le nazioni ch’essi non hanno mai conosciute, e il paese rimarrà desolato dietro a loro, senza più nessuno che vi passi o vi ritorni. D’un paese delizioso essi han fatto una desolazione".

Zaccaria 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 ) .

Zaccaria 7:14 In-Context

12 Resero il loro cuore duro come il diamante, per non ascoltare la legge e le parole che l’Eterno degli eserciti mandava loro per mezzo del suo spirito, per mezzo dei profeti di prima; perciò ci fu grande indignazione da parte dell’Eterno degli eserciti.

13 E avvenne che siccome egli chiamava, e quelli non davano ascolto, così quelli chiameranno, e io non darò ascolto, dice l’Eterno degli eserciti;

14 e li disperderò tra tutte le nazioni ch’essi non hanno mai conosciute, e il paese rimarrà desolato dietro a loro, senza più nessuno che vi passi o vi ritorni. D’un paese delizioso essi han fatto una desolazione".