Zechariah 5:1-4
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Sixth Vision: The Flying Scroll
5 Again I looked up and saw a flying scroll.(A) 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” 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 curse that goes out over the face of the whole land, for everyone who has stolen, as is forbidden on one side, has gone unpunished, and everyone who has sworn falsely,[a] as is forbidden on the other side, has gone unpunished.(B) 4 I have sent it out, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name, and it shall abide in that house and consume it, both timber and stones.”(C)
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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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