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Zechariah 5:4

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.”

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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.

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.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הוֹצֵאתִ֗יהָho.tze.Ti.haI will send forth itH3318 →
נְאֻם֙ne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
וּבָ֙אָה֙u.Va.'ahand it will goH935 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
הַגַּנָּ֔בha.ga.Navthe thiefH1590 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and intoH413 →
בֵּ֛יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
הַנִּשְׁבָּ֥עha.nish.Ba'the [one who] swears an oathH7650 →
בִּשְׁמִ֖יbish.Miby name myH8034 →
לַשָּׁ֑קֶרla.Sha.kerto <the> falsehoodH8267 →
וְלָ֙נֶה֙ve.La.nehand it will lodgeH3885 →
בְּת֣וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] midst ofH8432 →
בֵּית֔וֹbei.Tohouse hisH1004 →
וְכִלַּ֖תּוּve.khil.La.tuand it will destroy itH3615 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
עֵצָ֥יו'e.Tzavwood<s> itsH6086 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
אֲבָנָֽיו׃'a.va.Navstone<s> itsH68 →

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Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.Haggai 1:6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.Habakkuk 2:9–11Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!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.Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.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,Proverbs 20:21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.James 5:2–3Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.Deuteronomy 7:26And 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.Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teachingActs 8:20But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!Leviticus 14:35the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’Zechariah 5:3Then 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.Job 20:26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’Zechariah 9:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place—for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD—

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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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