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Zechariah 5:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
Zechariah 5:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying [a]book: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the whole earth: for everyone that [b]stealeth, shall be cut off, as well on this [c]side, as on that: and everyone that [d]sweareth, shall be cut off, as well on this side, as on that.
4 I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that falsely sweareth by my Name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and stones thereof.
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- Zechariah 5:2 Because the Jews had provoked God’s plagues by contemning his word, and casting off all judgment and equity, he showeth that God’s curses written in this book had justly light both on them and their fathers: but now if they would repent, God would send the same among the Chaldeans their former enemies.
- Zechariah 5:3 That is, useth any injury toward his neighbor.
- Zechariah 5:3 Meaning, wheresoever he be in the world.
- Zechariah 5:3 He that transgresseth the first table, and serveth not God aright but abuseth God’s Name.
Zechariah 5:2-4
New International Version
Zechariah 5:2-4
New International Version
2 He asked me, “What do you see?”(A)
I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.[a]”
3 And he said to me, “This is the curse(B) that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief(C) will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely(D) will be banished. 4 The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely(E) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.(F)’”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 5:2 That is, about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide or about 9 meters long and 4.5 meters wide
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