Zechariah 7:14
ContextNET © | ‘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 1 land a waste.” |
NIV © | ‘I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land was left so desolate behind them that no-one could come or go. This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.’" |
NASB © | "but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate." |
NLT © | I scattered them as with a whirlwind among the distant nations, where they lived as strangers. Their land became so desolate that no one even traveled through it. The land that had been so pleasant became a desert." |
MSG © | I scattered them to the four winds. They ended up strangers wherever they were. Their 'promised land' became a vacant lot--weeds and tin cans and thistles. Not a sign of life. They turned a dreamland into a wasteland." |
BBE © | 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. |
NRSV © | 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 a pleasant land was made desolate. |
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." |
KJV | |
NASB © | "but I scattered <05590> them with a storm <05590> wind <05590> among <05921> all <03605> the nations <01471> whom <0834> they have not known <03045> . Thus the land <0776> is desolated <08074> behind <0310> them so <04480> that no <04480> one went <05674> back <07725> and forth <05674> , for they made <07760> the pleasant <02532> land <0776> desolate ."<08047> |
HEBREW | |
LXXM | |
NET © [draft] ITL | ‘Rather, I will sweep <05590> them away in a storm <05590> into <05921> all <03605> the nations <01471> they are not <03808> familiar <03045> with.’ Thus the land <0776> had become desolate <08047> because <0310> of them, with no one crossing through <05674> or returning <07725> , for they had made <07760> the fruitful <02532> land <0776> a waste .”<08074> |
NET © | ‘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 1 land a waste.” |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “desirable”; traditionally “pleasant” (so many English versions; cf. TEV “This good land”). |