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Zechariah 5:4

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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.

I will bring it forth {H3318}, saith {H5002} the LORD {H3068} of hosts {H6635}, and it shall enter {H935} into the house {H1004} of the thief {H1590}, and into the house {H1004} of him that sweareth {H7650} falsely {H8267} by my name {H8034}: and it shall remain {H3885} in the midst {H8432} of his house {H1004}, and shall consume {H3615} it with the timber {H6086} thereof and the stones {H68} thereof.

'I will release it,' says ADONAI-Tzva'ot, 'and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name; it will stay there inside the house and consume it completely, even its timbers and stones.'"

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.”

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.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 3:33 (6 votes)

    The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

  • Habakkuk 2:9 (6 votes)

    Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • Habakkuk 2:11 (6 votes)

    For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

  • Malachi 3:5 (5 votes)

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

  • Leviticus 14:34 (4 votes)

    When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

  • Leviticus 14:45 (4 votes)

    And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry [them] forth out of the city into an unclean place.

  • Deuteronomy 7:26 (3 votes)

    Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: [but] thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it [is] a cursed thing.