Zechariah 5:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealetha 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. ”

Zechariah 5:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Over the face of the whole earth - primarily land, since the perjured persons, upon whom the curse was to fall Zechariah 5:4 , were those who swore falsely by the name of God: and this was in Ju...
Zechariah 5:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then said he to me, This [is] the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that (b) stealeth shall be cut off [as] on this (c) side according to it; and every one that (...
Zechariah 5:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Flying, i.e. Ubiquitous Roll containing an Effectual Curse against Thieves and Perjurers. In Zechariah 5:3 b RV does violence to the Heb. Wellhausen with a slight emendation reads: for ev...
Zechariah 5:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the curse. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28 ). goeth forth . Compare Zechariah 5:5-6 . Hebrew. yaza . to go forth on business, or on an errand. Same word as in Ze...
Zechariah 5:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The angel then says, that it was the curse which went forth (55) over the face of the whole land. We must remember what I have just said, that God’s judgment is here set forth before t...
Zechariah 5:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 swearet...
Zechariah 5:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Over the face of the whole earth— Over the face of the whole land: for, on one hand, every thief shall be purged out according to it; and, on the other hand, every swearer shall be purged out acco...
Zechariah 5:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 swearet...
Zechariah 5:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sixth and Seventh Visions 1-4. A flying roll inscribed with curses comes down upon the earth. The previous visions had promised many blessings to the people; and the sixth and seventh teach th...
Zechariah 5:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15 . Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15 , the Pro...
Zechariah 5:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE SIXTH VISION: THE WINGED VOLUME Zechariah 5:1-4 The religious and political obstacles being now removed from the future of Israel, Zechariah in the next two Visions beholds the land purged...
Zechariah 5:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Vision of the Flying Roll Zechariah 5:1-11 This huge sheet of parchment, 30 by 15 feet, was covered with the solemn curses of the Law, on one side against the thief and on the other against...
Zechariah 5:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The vision of the flying roll represents the principle of law as it will be administered by Israel when she fulfils the true ideal. It must be considered as a sequence following the realization of th...
Zechariah 5:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. (2) And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and...
Zechariah 5:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said he unto me, This [is] the curse ,.... So the law of Moses is called, because it has curses written in it, Deuteronomy 27:15 which curse is not causeless, but is according to law and jus...
Zechariah 5:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 swearet...
Zechariah 5:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The length thereof is twenty cubits , &c. Such scrolls for writing were usually longer than they were broad; so this was represented as ten yards in length, and five in breadth. The roll was ver...
Zechariah 5:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Sixth Vision - A Flying Scroll (vv. 1-4) The five previous visions have beautifully emphasized the grace of God in His restoring great blessing to Israel after years of sorrow and desolation...
Zechariah 5:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Flying Roll. B. C. 520. 1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and...
Zechariah 5:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then said he; the angel, which instructed the prophet. This is the curse; this roll or book containeth the curse, the menaced punishment due to sinners, of which too many were still among the Jew...
Zechariah 5:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sixth Vision. The Flying Scroll - God's Moral Demands Go Forth to Bring Judgment ( Zechariah 5:1-4 ). Together with the establishment of the High Priesthood and the building of the Temple, it...
Zechariah 5:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Flying roll ] Vision sixth. Zechariah 5:2 .] Ten yards long and five yards broad. The size intended to indicate the number of curses contained; and Flying ] The velocity of ju...
Zechariah 5:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

earth Literally, land, that is, Palestine.
Zechariah 5:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 5:2 . What seest thou? I see a flying roll. Hebrews meghilla, a parchment, a terrific scroll, twenty cubits in length, and ten in breadth, an oblong in measure like the courts of the t...
Zechariah 5:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

And I turned. .. and looked, and behold a flying roll The flying roll The object of this discourse is to present to you the Scriptures as a phenomenon of the world around us. Consider them as...
Zechariah 5:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Zechariah 5:1-38 § 8. The sixth vision: the flying roll. Zechariah 5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes; i.e. I lifted up mine eyes again, and saw the vision th...
Zechariah 5:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision of the Flying Roll
Zechariah 5:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:7-9 ; 1 Timothy 1:9 ; Daniel 9:11 ; Deuteronomy 11:28 ; Deuteronomy 11:29 ; Deuteronomy 27:15-26 ; Deuteronomy 28:15-68 ; Deuteronomy 29:19-28 ; Ephesians 4:28 ; Exodus 20:1...
Zechariah 5:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This — This roll or book containeth the curse, due to sinners. The whole earth — Either the whole land of Judea, or all the world, wherever these sins are found. According to it — According to the...

Zechariah 5:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zechariah 5:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 5:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zechariah 5:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zechariah 5:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zechariah 5:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 5:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zechariah 5:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zechariah 5:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Zechariah 5:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 5:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zechariah 5:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zechariah 5:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zechariah 5:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 5:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes