Zechariah 7:14
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"but I scattered them with a storm windוְאֵ֣סָעֲרֵ֗ם
(ve·'e·sa·'a·rem)
5590: to storm, ragea prim. root
amongעַ֤ל
(al)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
allכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
the nationsהַגֹּויִם֙
(hag·go·v·yim)
1471: nation, peoplefrom the same as gav
whomאֲשֶׁ֣ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
they have not known.יְדָע֔וּם
(ye·da·'um,)
3045: to knowa prim. root
Thus the landוְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙
(ve·ha·'a·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
is desolatedלְשַׁמָּֽה׃
(le·sham·mah.)
8074: to be desolated or appalleda prim. root
behindאַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם
(a·cha·rei·hem,)
310: the hind or following partfrom achar
them so that no 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
one wentמֵֽעֹבֵ֖ר
(me·'o·ver)
5674a: to pass over, through, or by, pass ona prim. root
backוּמִשָּׁ֑ב
(u·mi·shav;)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
and forth, 
 
5674a: to pass over, through, or by, pass ona prim. root
for they madeוַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ
(vai·ya·si·mu)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
the pleasantחֶמְדָּ֖ה
(chem·dah)
2532: desire, delightfem. of chemed
landאֶֽרֶץ־
(e·retz-)
776: earth, landa prim. root
desolate."נָשַׁ֣מָּה
(na·sham·mah)
8047: waste, horrorfrom shamem


















KJV Lexicon
But I scattered them with a whirlwind
ca`ar  (saw-ar')
to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
among all the nations
gowy  (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
whom they knew
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
not Thus the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
was desolate
shamem  (shaw-mame')
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
after
'achar  (akh-ar')
the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
them that no man passed through
`abar  (aw-bar')
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
nor returned
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
for they laid
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
the pleasant
chemdah  (khem-daw')
delight -- desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.
land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
desolate
shammah  (sham-maw')
ruin; by implication, consternation -- astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"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."

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard 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."

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.

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."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I used a windstorm to scatter them among all the nations, nations they hadn't even heard of. They left behind a land so ruined that no one is able to travel through it. They have turned a pleasant land into a wasteland."

King James 2000 Bible
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.
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