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.
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Barnes' Notes
But I scattered them - Rather, “And I will scatter them.” The saying continues what God had said that he had said, and which had come to pass. Among all nations whom they knew not. So God had…
Adam Clarke
I scattered them with a whirlwind - This refers to the swift victories and cruel conduct of the Chaldeans towards the Jews; they came upon them like a whirlwind; they were tossed to and fro, and up…
What was said Zac 7:7, that they should have heard the words of the former prophets, is here enlarged upon, for warning to these hypocritical enquirers, who continued their sins when they asked with…
Cambridge Bible
with a whirlwind Amo 1:14; Job 27:21.
whom they knew not Deu 28:33; Jer 16:13.
after them i.e. after they are removed from it.
passed through nor returned as we say, went backward and forward. Eze…
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