Zechariah 5:4

² “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”

³ Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.

I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”

⁵ Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”

⁶ “What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: I will cause it to go out,” says the LORD of Armies, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”
ASV: I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah 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 abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
DARBY: I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah 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 lodge in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
BLB: I will send it out, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of the one swearing by My name for deception, and it will lodge in the midst of his house and will put an end to it and its timbers and its stones!”

ÅB: Jeg har latt den[^1] gå ut, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og den skal gå inn i tyvens hus og i dens hus som sverger falsk ved mitt navn, og den skal bli i hans hus og fortære det, både treverket og steinene.
OTB: ‘Jeg vil sende den ut,’ erklærer Herren, hærskarenes Gud, ‘og den skal gå inn i tyvens hus og inn i huset til den som sverger falskt ved mitt navn. Den skal bli i det huset og ødelegge det med dets tømmer og steiner.’»
B1930: Jeg har latt den gå ut, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og den skal gå inn i tyvens hus og i dens hus som sverger falsk ved mitt navn, og den skal bli i hans hus og fortære det, både treverket og stenene. / < forbannelsen.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
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Habakkuk 2:9–11
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
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Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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Leviticus 14:34–45
“When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,
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Job 18:15
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
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James 5:2–3
Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
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Deuteronomy 7:26
And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
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Job 20:26
Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
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