Zechariah 7:14

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.

But I scattered them with a whirlwind {H5590} among all the nations {H1471} whom they knew {H3045} not. Thus the land {H776} was desolate {H8074} after {H310} them, that no man passed through {H5674} nor returned {H7725}: for they laid {H7760} the pleasant {H2532} land {H776} desolate {H8047}.

but with the power of a whirlwind I will disperse them among all the nations which they have not known.' Thus the land was left desolate after them, so that no one came or went. They had turned a pleasant land into a desert."

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”

but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 28:64 (5 votes)

    And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, [even] wood and stone.

  • Deuteronomy 28:33 (5 votes)

    The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

  • Deuteronomy 4:27 (4 votes)

    And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

  • Jeremiah 23:19 (4 votes)

    Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

  • Zephaniah 3:6 (3 votes)

    I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

  • Zechariah 2:6 (3 votes)

    ¶ Ho, ho, [come forth], and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

  • Psalms 58:9 (2 votes)

    Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.