14. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Zechariah 7:14:1 ⧉וְאֵ֣סָעֲרֵ֗םveesaaremand I will storm-scatter them Zechariah 7:14:2 ⧉עַ֤לalupon Zechariah 7:14:3 ⧉כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם֙kolhagoyimall-the nations Zechariah 7:14:4 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhich Zechariah 7:14:5 ⧉לֹֽא־יְדָע֔וּםloyedaumnot-they had known them Zechariah 7:14:6 ⧉וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙vehaaretsand the land Zechariah 7:14:7 ⧉נָשַׁ֣מָּהnashamawas desolated Zechariah 7:14:8 ⧉אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔םakharehemafter them Zechariah 7:14:9 ⧉מֵֽעֹבֵ֖רmeoverfrom one passing through Zechariah 7:14:10 ⧉וּמִשָּׁ֑בumishshavand from one returning Zechariah 7:14:11 ⧉וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּvayasimuand they made Zechariah 7:14:12 ⧉אֶֽרֶץ־חֶמְדָּ֖הeretskhemdaa land of delight Zechariah 7:14:13 ⧉לְשַׁמָּֽה׃פleshamainto desolation |
14. Formal Translation And I {Yahweh, Dispersing Judge} scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was desolate after them, so that none passed through or returned. They made the pleasant land a desolation. |
14. Dynamic Translation I {Yahweh, Exile Bringer} drove them with a whirlwind among every nation they had not known. The land became empty after they left, with no one passing through or coming back. They turned the beautiful land into a wasteland. |