Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 7:14

14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they know not ; Thus the land was desolate after them , that no man passed through, or returned , for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

When they had so provoked me, I cast them out of their Habitations, pursued them with the Tempest of wrath th[illegible: 1 letter]t scattered them as I threatned.

Irresistibly, suddenly, and tearing all into pieces▪ as Whirlwinds do.

All the Heathen that hated them, and their wayes.

Where they could have no pity, nor any relief, nor common commerce; but as barbarous usage as fierce and unintelligible Enemies can give them.

Once flowing with Milk and Honey; once full of Cities, Men, and Cattel, now waste as a wilderness.

Either the Iewes cast out, or▪ the Chaldeans who cast them out.

'Twas not fit to make a Road through a Land so void of all necessaries, so full of wild, and ravenous Beasts, so unwholsome as to the Air, &c.

Sinful Iewes by their Sins, fierce Chaldeans by their Sword, and God by his just displeasure, laid the pleasant Land most desolate and waste.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 letter]eb. land of desire.