Focused Passage

Zechariah 5:1-4

The Flying Scroll and Wickedness Removed

From a flying scroll of covenant curse, to judgment entering the houses of thieves and false swearers, to wickedness shut in a basket and carried to Shinar, the chapter shows that the LORD’s restored community must be cleansed from covenant-breaking sin.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.

2 “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”

3 Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.

4 I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”

Study Helps

References and Original Words

Verse 1

Original words

Again וָאָשׁ֕וּב H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular I lifted up וָאֶשָּׂ֥א H5375 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular my eyes עֵינַ֖י H5869 Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular and saw וָֽאֶרְאֶ֑ה H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular before me וְהִנֵּ֖ה H2009 Conjunctive waw | Interjection a flying עָפָֽה׃ H5774 Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular scroll מְגִלָּ֥ה H4039 Noun - feminine singular
Verse 2

Original words

What מָ֥ה H4100 Interrogative do you אַתָּ֖ה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular see רֹאֶ֑ה H7200 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular asked [the angel] וַיֹּ֣אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . אֵלַ֔י H413 Preposition | first person common singular I אֲנִ֤י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular see רֹאֶה֙ H7200 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular a flying עָפָ֔ה H5774 Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular scroll מְגִלָּ֣ה H4039 Noun - feminine singular I replied וָאֹמַ֗ר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular twenty עֶשְׂרִ֣ים H6242 Number - common plural cubits בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה H520 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular long אָרְכָּהּ֙ H753 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular and ten עֶ֥שֶׂר H6235 Number - feminine singular cubits בָּאַמָּֽה׃ H520 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular wide וְרָחְבָּ֖הּ H7341 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular

BSB notes

  • The flying scroll was approximately 30 feet long and 15 feet wide (9.1 meters long and 4.6 meters wide).
Verse 3

Original words

Then he told וַיֹּ֣אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular me אֵלַ֔י H413 Preposition | first person common singular This זֹ֚את H2063 Pronoun - feminine singular is the curse הָֽאָלָ֔ה H423 Article | Noun - feminine singular that is going out הַיּוֹצֵ֖את H3318 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular over עַל־ H5921 Preposition the face פְּנֵ֣י H6440 Noun - common plural construct of all כָל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the land הָאָ֑רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular for כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction according [to] כָּמ֣וֹהָ H3644 Preposition | third person feminine singular one [side] of [the scroll] מִזֶּה֙ H2088 Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular every כָל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct thief הַגֹּנֵ֗ב H1589 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular will be removed נִקָּ֔ה H5352 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular and according to כָּמ֥וֹהָ H3644 Preposition | third person feminine singular the other side מִזֶּ֖ה H2088 Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular every וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct perjurer הַנִּ֨שְׁבָּ֔ע H7650 Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular will be removed נִקָּֽה׃ H5352 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 4

Original words

I will send it out הוֹצֵאתִ֗יהָ H3318 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular declares נְאֻם֙ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular of Hosts צְבָא֔וֹת H6635 Noun - common plural and it will enter וּבָ֙אָה֙ H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition the house בֵּ֣ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of the thief הַגַּנָּ֔ב H1590 Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition and the house בֵּ֛ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of him who swears הַנִּשְׁבָּ֥ע H7650 Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular falsely לַשָּׁ֑קֶר H8267 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular by My name בִּשְׁמִ֖י H8034 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular It will remain וְלָ֙נֶה֙ H3885 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular inside בְּת֣וֹךְ H8432 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct his house בֵּית֔וֹ H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and destroy it וְכִלַּ֖תּוּ H3615 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular [down to] וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Preposition its timbers עֵצָ֥יו H6086 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Preposition and stones אֲבָנָֽיו׃ H68 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular

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