Zechariah 7:14

Zechariah 7:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)‘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.’ ”
• New King James Version (NKJV)“But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)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.”

Context of Zechariah 7:14

12They made their hearts diamond-hard lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. 13"As I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear," says the Lord of hosts, "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."

Zechariah 7:14 word by word

וְאֵ֣סָעֲרֵ֗ם עַ֤ל כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־יְדָע֔וּם וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ נָשַׁ֣מָּה אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם מֵֽעֹבֵ֖ר וּמִשָּׁ֑ב וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ אֶֽרֶץ־חֶמְדָּ֖ה לְשַׁמָּֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But I scattered them with a whirlwindסָעַרsâ‛ar · to rageH5590
• among all the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• whom they knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• not. Thus the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• was desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• them, that no man passed throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• nor returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
• for they laidשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• the pleasantחֶמְדָּהchemdâh · desireH2532
• desolateשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047

Cross-references for Zechariah 7:14

• Zechariah 2:6Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord.
• Zechariah 9:14Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
• Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
• Deuteronomy 4:27And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
• Deuteronomy 28:33A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually,
• Psalms 58:9Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!
• Isaiah 17:13The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.
• Isaiah 21:1The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
• Isaiah 66:15"For behold, the Lord will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
• Jeremiah 4:11At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse,
• Jeremiah 23:19Behold, the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
• Jeremiah 25:32"Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, disaster is going forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth!
• Jeremiah 30:23Behold the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
• Jeremiah 36:19Then the officials said to Baruch, "Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are."
• Amos 1:14So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
• Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Commentaries on Zechariah 7:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I scattered them with a whirlwind - This refers to the swift victories and cruel conduct of the Chaldeans towards the Jews; they came upon them like a whirlwind; they were tossed to and fro, and up and down, everywhere scattered and confounded.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14But I scattered them - Rather, “And I will scatter them.” The saying continues what God had said that he had said, and which had come to pass. Among all nations whom they knew not. So God had repeatedly said by Jeremiah, “I will cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, ye nor your fathers; where I will not show you favor” (Jeremiah 16:13; add Jeremiah 15:14; Jeremiah 17:4). This was the aggravation of the original woe in the law: “The Lord…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 God's judgements upon Israel of old for their sins, were written to warn Christians. The duties required are, not keeping fasts and offering sacrifices, but doing justly and loving mercy, which tend to the public welfare and peace. The law of God lays restraint upon the heart. But they filled their minds with prejudices against the word of God. Nothing is harder than the heart of a presumptuous sinner. See the fatal consequences of this to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14I scattered them with a whirlwind: God scattered the Hebrew people among many nations. This scattering was one of the curses for breaking the Mosaic covenant (the agreement God made with Israel at Mount Sinai, Deuteronomy 28:36–37, 64). The pleasant land was the land of God's covenant promise (Psalm 106:24; Jeremiah 3:19). Their land became desolate because of God’s judgment. The land was ruined because the people were unfaithful to the covenant and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. whirlwind--of wrath (Na 1:3). nations whom they knew not--foreign and barbarous. desolate after them--after their expulsion and exile. It was ordered remarkably by God's providence, that no occupants took possession of it, but that during the Jews' absence it was reserved for them against their return after seventy years. they laid ... desolate--The Jews did so by their sins. The blame of their destruction lay with themselves, rather than with the…Read the comment

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• waste, wasted, wasteland, becomes weak

Commentaries on Zechariah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings