Zechariah 5:4

I 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.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

In Context

3Then 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

5Then the malach that spoke with me came forward, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that cometh into view.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:26Neither shalt thou bring a to'evah (abomination) into thine bais, lest thou be a cherem like it; but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cherem.

Joshua 9:20This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest ketzef (wrath) be upon us, because of the shevu'ah (oath) which we swore unto them.

Job 8:22They that hate thee shall be clothed with bushah (shame), 1 and the ohel resha'im shall be no more.

Job 20:26Kol choshech is reserved for his treasures; 1 an eish not fanned shall consume him; 1 it shall go ill with him that is left in his ohel. 1

Habakkuk 2:9Hoy (Woe) to him that coveteth an evil gain for his bais, 1 that he may set his ken (nest) on high, 1 that he may be delivered from the power of ruin! 1

James 5:2The osher of you has rotted and your malbush has become moth-eaten. + 5:2 Job 13:28; Ps 39:11; Isa 50:9

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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