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 .Jeremiah 2:35 , or goeth unpunished; as in Jeremiah 49:12 . This is always the sense of Heb, nakah. Render the passage: "for ' every one that stealeth hath been let off [is written] on the one side, according to it (the curse or scroll); and 'every one that sweareth (falsely) hath been let off [is written] on the other side, according to it. Therefore have I brought it (the curse or scroll) forth'.