The Flying Scroll

Then I raised my eyes again and looked, and behold, there was a flying (A)scroll. 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.” Then he said to me, “This is the (C)curse that is going forth over the face of the entire [b]land; everyone who (D)steals certainly will be purged away according to [c]the writing on one side, and everyone who (E)swears falsely will be purged away according to [d]the writing on the other side. I will (F)make it go forth,” declares the Lord of armies, “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)destroy it with its timber and stones.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:2 About 30 ft. long and 15 ft. wide or 9 m and 4.5 m
  2. Zechariah 5:3 Or earth
  3. Zechariah 5:3 Lit it
  4. Zechariah 5:3 Lit it

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