ゼカリヤ書 5:2-3 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:2

He said. The angel-interpreter spoke ( Zechariah 4:2 ). The length thereof, etc. Taking the cubit at a foot and a half, the size of the roll is enormous, and may well have aroused the prophet's wonder. The dimensions given correspond to those of the porch of Solomon's temple ( 1 Kings 6:3 ), twenty cubits long by ten broad. These are also the dimensions of the holy place in the tabernacle, and of Solomon's brazen altar ( 2 Chronicles 4:1 ). The careful statement of the size of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:3

This is the curse. The roll contained the curse written upon it on both sides. (For the curse of fled upon guilty nations, comp. Isaiah 24:6 ; Daniel 9:11 .) Earth ; land ; for Judaea is meant. The curse was ready to fall on all who might come under it by their transgressions. This would be a warning also to exterior nations. Every one that stealeth … every one that sweareth . Thieves and perjurers are especially mentioned as incurring the curse. Perjury is a chief offence in one... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:2

And he - (the interpreting angel) said unto me It cannot be without meaning, that the dimensions of the roll should be those of the tabernacle , as the last vision was that of the candlestick, after the likeness of the candlestick therein. The explanations of this correspondence do not exclude each other. It may be that “judgment shall begin at the house of God” 1 Peter 4:17; that the punishment on sin is proportioned to the nearness of God and the knowledge of Him; that the presence of God,... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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 Judah only. The reference to the two tables of the law also confines it primarily to those who were under the law. Yet, since the moral law abides under the Gospel, ultimately these visions related to the Christian Church, which was to be spread over the whole earth. The roll apparently was shown, as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 5:2-4

Zechariah 5:2-4. 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 very large, to show what a number of curses would come upon the wicked. Then said he, This is the curse, &c. This roll, or book, contains the curses, or judgments, due to sinners, particularly sinners of the Jews, who have been favoured with greater light and privileges than... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-11

Assurance of final victory (5:1-6:8)Previously God gave a promise that the Messiah will remove sin from the land (see 3:9b). This will come either through forgiveness (in the case of those who repent) or destruction (in the case of those who continue in their sin). This latter judgment is now pictured in the vision of a huge flying scroll that announces God’s judgment on all those who choose to ignore God’s law. No one has any excuse, because the scroll is large enough for all to read and it... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 5:2

cubits. See App-51 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 5:3

the curse. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:0 and Deuteronomy 28:0 ). goeth forth . Compare Zechariah 5:5-6 . Hebrew. yaza = to go forth on business, or on an errand. Same word as in Zechariah 14:2 , Zechariah 14:3 , Zechariah 14:8 , &c. (not Zechariah 14:16 , Zechariah 14:18 ). earth : or, land. stealeth. sweareth , &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:12 ). App-92 . shall be cut off = hath been let off, or declared innocent; as in Numbers 5:31 .Psalms 19:12 , Psalms 19:13... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 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."We take the passage as an interpretation of the vision as a divine curse of evildoers, as clearly indicated in our version. Scholars have sought by various methods to make the passage have an opposite meaning. "The translation curse has committed... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 5:3

Zechariah 5:3. 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 according to it. Instead of, shall be cut off, Houbigant reads, shall be punished. This is the curse, means that in this volume is written the curse, or the maledictions and judgments which God denounced against the sinners of the land. Calmet observes, that under the two names of thief and... read more