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Zechariah 5:3

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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.

Then said {H559} he unto me, This is the curse {H423} that goeth forth {H3318} over the face {H6440} of the whole earth {H776}: for every one that stealeth {H1589} shall be cut off {H5352} as on this side according {H3644} to it; and every one that sweareth {H7650} shall be cut off {H5352} as on that side according {H3644} to it.

Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of all the land; for [according to what is written] on one side, everyone who steals will be swept away; and [according to what is written] on the other side, everyone who swears will be swept away.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 20:15 (5 votes)

    Thou shalt not steal.

  • Isaiah 43:28 (4 votes)

    Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

  • Isaiah 24:6 (4 votes)

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • Isaiah 48:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness.

  • James 5:12 (3 votes)

    ¶ But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

  • Jeremiah 5:2 (3 votes)

    And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

  • Jeremiah 26:6 (3 votes)

    Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.