Zec 7:14, Joh 7:35, Jam 1:1, 1Pe 1:1 | ESV | STEP | and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known . Thus the land they left was desolate , so that no one went to and fro , and the pleasant land was made desolate .

Zechariah 7:14

14 ^a“and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all ^bthe nations that they had not known. ^cThus the land they left was desolate, ^dso that no one went to and fro, ^eand the pleasant land was made desolate.”

John 7:35

35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? ^fDoes he intend to go to ^gthe Dispersion among ^hthe Greeks and teach the Greeks?

James 1:1

Greeting

1 ⁱJames, a servant ^{▼▼Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} of God and ^kof the Lord Jesus Christ,

To ^lthe twelve tribes in ^mthe Dispersion:

Greetings.

1 Peter 1:1

Greeting

1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who are elect exiles of ⁿthe Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,