Zechariah 5:4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-4

We do not find that the prophet now needed to be awakened, as he did Zech. 4:1. Being awakened then, he kept wakeful after; nay, now he needs not be so much as called to look about him, for of his own accord he turns and lifts up his eyes. This good men sometimes get by their infirmities, they make them the more careful and circumspect afterwards. Now observe, I. What it was that the prophet saw; he looked up into the air, and behold a flying roll. A vast large scroll of parchment which had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 5:4

I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts ,.... The roll was come forth, and was flying abroad; but the curse and wrath of God, signified by it, is what God would bring forth out of his treasures, according to his purposes and declarations, and execute upon sinners; which shows the certainty of it, and that there is no escaping it: 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,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 5:4

Into the house of him - Babylon, the house or city of Nebuchadnezzar, who was a public plunderer, and a most glaring idolater. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 5:4

Verse 4 He afterwards adds, It shall come into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears in my name falsely; and there will it reside, and it shall consume the hoarse, both the wood and the stones. Here the Prophet further stimulates the Jews to repentance, by showing that the curse would so fly as to enter into all their houses; as though he had said, “In vain shall they, who deserve punishment, fortify or shut up themselves; for this curse, which I send forth, shall come to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-4

§ 8. The sixth vision: the flying roll. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-4

The reassertion of the Law. "Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll," etc. Most of the distinguishing privileges first given to Israel after leaving Egypt for Canaan were gradually restored to Israel on its partial restoration to Palestine after the captivity of Babylon. This illustrated, as noted before, as to the altar ( Ezra 3:3 ); the daily sacrifice ( Ezra 3:5 ); the Feast of Tabernacles ( Ezra 3:4 ); the tabernacle or the temple itself ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-4

Retribution. I. PROVOKED . Sin is the transgression of the Law. Here two kinds singled out. 1 . Sins against the second table. "Stealeth." Fraud, injustice of all kinds. False to man. 2 . Sins against the first table. "Sweareth." Profanity. Self-will. False to God. These are samples of sins infinite in number and variety. Bold and flagrant offences, opposed to all law and order, defiant of God. II. PROCLAIMED . Symbolically set forth. Sin will be judged, not according to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-4

The flying roll: Divine retribution "Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, a flying roll. And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits," etc. This is the sixth vision of the series of visions which the prophet had during the night. He now saw a "flying roll." We have mention made of such rolls by Ezra, by Isaiah, by Jeremiah, and by Ezekiel. Ezra speaks of search... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:4

I will bring it forth. God will not keep the curse confined and inoperative ( Deuteronomy 32:34 , etc.), but it shall enter into the house of the thief. The curse shall not fall lightly and pass quickly by, but shall fix its abode with the sinner till it has worked out its fell purpose. It shall remain ; it shall pass the night— take up its lodging; LXX ; καταλύσει . With the timber thereof, etc. A hyperbolical expression of the terrible effects of Divine vengeance, which... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:4

I will bring it forth - Out of the treasure-house, as it were; as he says, “He bringeth forth the wind out of His treasures” Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 51:16; and, “Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up among My treasures?” To Me belongeth “vengeance and recompense” Deuteronomy 32:34-35. And it shall remain, literally, “lodge for the night,” until it has accomplished that for which it was sent, its utter destruction. Lap.: “So we have seen and see at this day powerful families, which... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 5:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 5:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:4

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