²⁴ And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain.

⁵ “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be ^(A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those ^(B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, ^(C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

³ Then he said to me, “This is ^(A)the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who ^(B)steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who ^(C)swears falsely^[a] shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. ⁴ I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of ^(D)him who swears falsely by my name. And ^(E)it shall remain in his house and ^(F)consume it, both timber and stones.”