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Then said he to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the surface of the whole land: for everyone who steals shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and everyone who swears shall be cut off on the other side according to it.
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A Comprehensive Judgment
Commentators explain that the flying scroll represents God's curse against sin, based on His law. The two sins mentioned—stealing (against one's neighbor) and false swearing (against God)—symbolize the two tables of the Ten Commandments. This shows that God's judgment is comprehensive, covering all forms of ungodliness and injustice, not just these two specific acts.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Over the face of the whole earth - primarily land, since the perjured persons, upon whom the curse was to fall (Zechariah 5:4), …
19th Century
Anglican
The whole earth. —Better, the whole land: namely, of Israel.
For every one ... on this side ... on that si…
16th Century
Protestant
The angel shows in this chapter that whatever evils the Jews had suffered proceeded from the righteous judgment of God. Then he adds a consolation:…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then he said to me, This [is] the curse So the law of Moses is called, because it has curses written in it ([Referen…
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are scrolls, in which God has written the great things of his law and gospel; they are flying scrolls. …