Sixth Vision: Flying Scroll

I looked up again and saw a flying scroll.(A) “What do you see?” he asked me.

“I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “30 feet[a] long and 15 feet[b] wide.”(B)

Then he said to me, “This is the curse(C) that is going out over the whole land, for every thief will be removed according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be removed according to what is written on the other side. I will send it out,”(D)—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It will stay inside his house and destroy it along with its timbers and stones.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:2 Lit 20 cubits
  2. Zechariah 5:2 Lit 10 cubits

The Vision of the Flying Scroll

Then I looked up and saw a flying scroll! And the angel[a] asked me, “What do you see?”

I answered him, “I’m looking at a flying scroll. It’s 20 cubits[b] long and ten cubits[c] wide.”

He responded to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the surface of the whole earth, because, according to this side of the scroll,[d] all thieves will be ejected, and according to the other side of the scroll,[e] all liars will be ejected.”

“I am bringing this about,” declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies. “The curse[f] will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who lies in my name. The curse[g] will remain in his house until that house[h] has been completely destroyed, right down to its timber and stones.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:2 Lit. he
  2. Zechariah 5:2 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  3. Zechariah 5:2 I.e. about fifteen feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  4. Zechariah 5:3 The Heb. lacks side of the scroll
  5. Zechariah 5:3 The Heb. lacks side of the scroll
  6. Zechariah 5:4 Lit. it
  7. Zechariah 5:4 Lit. It
  8. Zechariah 5:4 Lit. it