¹⁴ “But ^(A)I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

²³ Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that ^(A)I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,

²⁷ And the Lord ^(A)will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

²⁴ And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles ^(A)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

^15 (A)I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and ^(B)remove your filthiness completely from you.

¹⁶ I will ^(A)scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. ^(B)And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”

Greeting to the Twelve Tribes

1 James, ^(A)a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad:

Greetings.

^14 (A)I will scatter to every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his troops; and ^(B)I will draw out the sword after them.

^15 (C)“Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. ^16 (D)But I will spare a few of their men from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.”