ZEC 7:14

14 And I caused them to be scattered among many nations, where they were strangers. [It was as though] [MET] a whirlwind [picked them up and carried them away from their country]. The country/land that they [were forced to] leave was ruined, with the result that no one could [live there or even ] travel through it. [It was previously] a delightful land, but they caused it to become ◄desolate/like a desert►.”