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Zechariah 5:2-4
The Message
Zechariah 5:2-4
The Message
2 The Messenger-Angel said to me, “What do you see now?”
I said, “I see a book flying, a huge book—thirty feet long and fifteen wide!”
3-4 He told me, “This book is the verdict going out worldwide against thieves and liars. The first half of the book disposes of everyone who steals; the second half takes care of everyone who lies. I launched it”—Decree of God-of-the-Angel-Armies—“and so it will fly into the house of every thief and every liar. It will land in each house and tear it down, timbers and stones.”
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Zechariah 5:2-4
Legacy Standard Bible
Zechariah 5:2-4
Legacy Standard Bible
2 And he said to me, “(A)What do you see?” And I said, “I see a flying scroll; its length is [a]twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.” 3 Then he said to me, “This is the (B)curse that is going forth over the face of the whole [b]land; surely everyone who (C)steals will be [c]purged away according to [d]the writing on one side, and everyone who (D)swears will be [e]purged away according to the writing on the other side. 4 I will (E)make it go forth,” declares Yahweh of hosts, “and it will (F)enter the house of the (G)thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and (H)consume it with its timber and stones.”
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- Zechariah 5:2 Approx. 30 ft. long and 15 ft. wide or 9 m and 4.5 m
- Zechariah 5:3 Or earth
- Zechariah 5:3 Lit free (from covenant community), cf. Gen 24:8, 41
- Zechariah 5:3 Lit it
- Zechariah 5:3 Lit free (from covenant community), cf. Gen 24:8, 41
Zechariah 5:2-4
New International Version
Zechariah 5:2-4
New International Version
2 He asked me, “What do you see?”(A)
I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.[a]”
3 And he said to me, “This is the curse(B) that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief(C) will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely(D) will be banished. 4 The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely(E) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.(F)’”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 5:2 That is, about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide or about 9 meters long and 4.5 meters wide
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