Verse 14
Zechariah 7:14
New Living Translation
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.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֵ֣סָעֲרֵ֗/ם עַ֤ל כָּל הַ/גּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא יְדָע֔וּ/ם וְ/הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ נָשַׁ֣מָּה אַֽחֲרֵי/הֶ֔ם מֵֽ/עֹבֵ֖ר וּ/מִ/שָּׁ֑ב וַ/יָּשִׂ֥ימוּ אֶֽרֶץ חֶמְדָּ֖ה לְ/שַׁמָּֽה
English Translation
And I will bring upon all the nations that do not know Me, and the land will become desolate after them, because of the passerby and the returner, and they will make the land a desired place into a waste.
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