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Zechariah 5:3

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.

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laito meH413 →
זֹ֚אתzotthisH2063 →
הָֽאָלָ֔הha.'a.Lah[is] the curseH423 →
הַיּוֹצֵ֖אתhai.yo.Tzetwhich is about to go forthH3318 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
כָל־khol-allH3605 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
כָל־khol-everyH3605 →
הַגֹּנֵ֗בha.go.Nev<the> [one who] stealsH1589 →
מִזֶּה֙mi.Zehfrom thisH2088 →
כָּמ֣וֹהָka.Mo.haaccording to itH3644 →
נִקָּ֔הni.Kahhe will be purgedH5352 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand everyH3605 →
הַנִּ֨שְׁבָּ֔עha.Nish.Ba'<the> [one who] swears an oathH7650 →
מִזֶּ֖הmi.Zehfrom thisH2088 →
כָּמ֥וֹהָka.Mo.haaccording to itH3644 →
נִקָּֽה׃ni.Kahhe will be purgedH5352 →

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1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,Ephesians 4:28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.Exodus 20:15You shall not steal.Isaiah 43:28So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”Isaiah 48:1“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—Isaiah 24:6Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.James 5:12Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.Zechariah 5:4I 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.”Psalms 109:17–20The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.Jeremiah 26:6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.Matthew 23:16–22Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’Jeremiah 5:2Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”Malachi 4:6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”Leviticus 19:12You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.Galatians 3:10–13All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

About Zechariah

Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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