Charles Ellicott Commentary Zechariah 5:3

"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." — Zechariah 5:3 (ASV)

The whole earth. —Better, the whole land: namely, of Israel.

For every one ... on this side ... on that side according to it — that is, according to the curse written on this side and on that side of the scroll. But the Hebrew will hardly bear this interpretation. Koehler proposes to render, instead of “on this side” and “on that side,” “from here” in both cases—namely, from the land . However, the contrast, which is evidently implied here, precludes this interpretation.

We prefer to render it: For everyone who steals, on the one hand, shall, in accordance with it, certainly be destroyed; and everyone who swears [falsely], on the other hand, shall, in accordance with it, certainly be destroyed. Thieves are mentioned as an example of sinners against the second table of the Decalogue: namely, as false to man; and false swearers as sinners against the first table: namely, as false to God.