Zechariah 5:3

Then said he unto me: 1 This is ha'alah (the curse) that goeth forth 1 over the face of kol ha'aretz; 1 for every ganav that stealeth 1 shall be purged out + 5:3 i.e., banished according to what it says on one side of the megillah; 1 and every perjurer that sweareth falsely 1 shall be purged out according to what it says on the other side. + 5:3 Ex 20:7,15 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

In Context

2And he said unto me: What seest thou? And I answered: I see a megillah flying; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

4I will send it + 5:4 ha'alah, the curse forth, saith Hashem Tzva'os, 1 and it shall enter into the bais haganav, 1 and into the bais of him that sweareth falsely biShmi (by My Name); 1 and it + 5:4 ha'alah shall remain inside his bais, 1 and shall destroy it 1 with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither speak sheker (falsehood, deception, lie) to another.

Deuteronomy 11:28And a kelalah, if ye will not obey the mitzvot Hashem Eloheicha, but turn aside out of HaDerech which I command you today, to go after acharei elohim, which ye have not known.

Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not give heed unto the voice of Hashem Eloheicha, to be shomer to do all His mitzvot and His chukkot which I command thee today, that all these kelalot (curses) shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

Deuteronomy 29:19Hashem will not spare him, but then the wrath of Hashem and His kina (jealousy) shall burn against that ish, and kol haalah (all the curses) that are written in this sefer shall fall upon him, and Hashem shall blot out shmo from under Shomayim.

Psalms 109:17As he loved kelalah (cursing), 1 so it came on him; as he delighted not in brocha (blessing), 1 so it was far from him. 1

Proverbs 29:24He who is partner with a ganav hateth his own nefesh; 1 he heareth the curse of the victim but discloses nothing. 1

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 5:2-5

The Vision of the Flying Roll. ( b. c. 520.) 1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to… Read the whole commentary →

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