Zechariah 5:2-4
New King James Version
2 And he said to me, “What do you see?”
So I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.”
3 Then he said to me, “This is the (A)curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: ‘Every thief shall be expelled,’ according to this side of the scroll; and, ‘Every perjurer shall be expelled,’ according to that side of it.”
4 “I will send out the curse,” says the Lord of hosts;
“It shall enter the house of the (B)thief
And the house of (C)the one who swears falsely by My name.
It shall remain in the midst of his house
And consume (D)it, with its timber and stones.”
Zechariah 5:2-4
English Standard Version
2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying (A)scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”[a] 3 Then he said to me, “This is (B)the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who (C)steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who (D)swears falsely[b] 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 (E)him who swears falsely by my name. And (F)it shall remain in his house and (G)consume it, both timber and stones.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Zechariah 5:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
- Zechariah 5:3 Hebrew lacks falsely (supplied from verse 4)
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