Then said he to me, This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: for every one who steals shall be cut off as written on this side according to it; and every one who swears shall be cut off as written on that side according to it.
If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.