Zechariah 5:1-4
Legacy Standard Bible
A Flying Scroll
5 Then I lifted up my eyes again and saw, and behold, a flying (A)scroll. 2 And he said to me, “(B)What do you see?” And I said, “I see a flying scroll; its length is [a]twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.” 3 Then he said to me, “This is the (C)curse that is going forth over the face of the whole [b]land; surely everyone who (D)steals will be [c]purged away according to [d]the writing on one side, and everyone who (E)swears will be [e]purged away according to the writing on the other side. 4 I will (F)make it go forth,” declares Yahweh of hosts, “and it will (G)enter the house of the (H)thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and (I)consume it with its timber and stones.”
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- Zechariah 5:2 Approx. 30 ft. long and 15 ft. wide or 9 m and 4.5 m
- Zechariah 5:3 Or earth
- Zechariah 5:3 Lit free (from covenant community), cf. Gen 24:8, 41
- Zechariah 5:3 Lit it
- Zechariah 5:3 Lit free (from covenant community), cf. Gen 24:8, 41
Zechariah 5:1-4
International Standard Version
The Vision of the Flying Scroll
5 Then I looked up and saw a flying scroll! 2 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.”
3 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.”
4 “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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- Zechariah 5:2 Lit. he
- Zechariah 5:2 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- Zechariah 5:2 I.e. about fifteen feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- Zechariah 5:3 The Heb. lacks side of the scroll
- Zechariah 5:3 The Heb. lacks side of the scroll
- Zechariah 5:4 Lit. it
- Zechariah 5:4 Lit. It
- Zechariah 5:4 Lit. it
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