The people not being able to find what they were looking for is spoken of as if Yahweh had blown on dust so it would go away. AT: "I made sure there was nothing there for you to find" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# declares Yahweh of hosts
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])