Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
“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.”
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
"I will scatter them to all of the nations, which they have not known.'" Now the earth was left desolate after them. As a result, no one came or went because they had turned a pleasant land into a desert.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after they had gone, so that no one passed through or returned, for they [by their sins] had made the pleasant land desolate and deserted.”
Bible in Basic English
But with a storm-wind I sent them in flight among all the nations of whom they had no knowledge. So the land was waste after them, so that no man went through or came back: for they had made waste the desired land.
Darby Translation
and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not, and the land was desolate after them, so that no one passed through nor returned; and they laid the pleasant land desolate.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will toss them about among all the nations which they knew not: and the land was desolate after them from passing through and from turning back: and they shall set the land of desire for a desolation.
King James 2000
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land became desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'And I scattered them with a wind among all the nations that they had not known; the land was made desolate behind them-- no one crossing through [it] or returning--and they made the desirable land a desolation.'"
Modern King James verseion
But I stormed them away on all the nations whom they did not know. And the land has been wasted behind them, from passing and from returning; for they made the land of desire a waste.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but scattered them among all Gentiles, whom they knew not. Thus the land was made so desolate, that there traveled no man in it neither to nor fro, for that pleasant land was utterly laid waste."
NET Bible
Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.' Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful land a waste."
New Heart English Bible
"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 made the pleasant land desolate."
The Emphasized Bible
But I whirled them over all the nations whom they had not known, and, the land, was made desolate after them, that none passed through and returned, - Yea they made of a delightful land - a desolation.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
"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 made the pleasant land desolate."
Youngs Literal Translation
And I toss them on all the nations, That they have not known, The land hath been desolate behind them, Of any passing by and turning back, And they set a desirable land for a desolation!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 7:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Disobedience And Fasting
13 Just as He had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord of Hosts. 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.”
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:33
A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.
Deuteronomy 4:27
The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors
Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
Jeremiah 23:19
Wrath has gone out,
a whirling storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Zephaniah 3:6
their corner towers
I have laid waste their streets,
with no one to pass through.
Their cities lie devastated,
without a person, without an inhabitant.
Zechariah 2:6
“Get up! Leave the land of the north”
Leviticus 26:22
I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.
Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.
Deuteronomy 28:49
The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you don’t understand,
2 Chronicles 36:21
This fulfilled the word of the Lord through Jeremiah
Psalm 58:9
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.
Isaiah 17:13
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Isaiah 21:1
An oracle
it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.
Isaiah 66:15
His chariots are like the whirlwind
to execute His anger with fury
and His rebuke with flames of fire.
Jeremiah 4:11-12
“At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ‘A searing wind
Jeremiah 5:15
from far away against you,
house of Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
It is an established nation,
an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know
and whose speech you do not understand.
Jeremiah 25:32-33
“This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
from nation to nation.
A great storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.”
Jeremiah 30:23
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Jeremiah 36:19
The officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
Jeremiah 44:6
So My fierce wrath poured out and burned in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets
Jeremiah 52:30
in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported 745 Jews. All together 4,600 people were deported.
Daniel 8:9
From one of them a little horn
Daniel 9:16-18
Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, may Your anger and wrath
Amos 1:14
and it will consume its citadels.
There will be shouting on the day of battle
and a violent wind on the day of the storm.
Nahum 1:3
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Habakkuk 3:14
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
Zechariah 9:14
and His arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord God will sound the trumpet
and advance with the southern storms.