Zechariah 5:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ The Lord All-Powerful says: I will send that scroll to the houses of thieves and to houses of people that lie when they use my name to make promises. That scroll will stay there and destroy those houses. Even the stones and wooden posts will be destroyed.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, 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, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ I will bring [the curse] forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief and into the house of him who swears falsely by My name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house and shall consume it, both its timber and its stones.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, 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 abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

Common English Bible

⁴ I sent it out, says the LORD of heavenly forces. It will come to the house of the thief and the one swearing lies in my name. It will lodge in their house and destroy the wood and stones of that house.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ I will bring it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it will approach to the house of the thief, and to the house of him who swears falsely by my name, and it will remain in the midst of his house and will consume it, with its wood and its stones.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts: and it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof.

Zechariah 5:4 Tagairtí Cros

Job 18:15

He will have nothing left in his house.\par Why? Burning sulfur will be scattered\par all through his home.\par

Job 20:26

All his treasures will be destroyed.\par A fire will destroy him—\par A fire that no human started.\par The fire will destroy everything\par left in his house.\par

Job 8:15

If a person leans against a spider’s web,\par the web will break.\par He holds on to the spider’s web,\par but it won’t support him.\par

Job 8:22

But shame will be the clothes\par your enemies wear.\par And the homes of wicked people\par will be destroyed.”\par

Proverbs 3:33

The Lord is against the families of evil people. But he blesses the homes of people who live right.

Isaiah 24:6

The people living in this land are guilty of doing wrong. So God promised to destroy the land. The people will be punished. Only a few people will survive.

Jeremiah 2:26

“A thief is ashamed when people catch him.\par In the same way,\par the people of Israel are ashamed,\par the kings and leaders are ashamed,\par and the priests and prophets are ashamed.\par

Hosea 4:2

The people swear, lie, kill, and steal. They do the sin of adultery, {\cf2\super [31]} and they have their babies. The people murder again and again. {\cf2\super [32]}

Hosea 4:3

So the country is like a person crying for the dead, and all of its people are weak. Even the animals of the field, the birds of the sky, and the fish in the sea are dying. {\cf2\super [33]}

Zechariah 5:3

Then the angel told me, “There is a curse written on that scroll. On one side of the scroll, there is a curse about people that steal. On the other side of the scroll is a curse about people that lie when they make promises.

Zechariah 8:17

Don’t make secret plans to hurt your neighbors! Don’t make false promises! You must not enjoy doing those things. Why? Because I hate those things!” The Lord said these things.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Deuteronomy 28:16

“The Lord will curse you in the city and in the field.

Deuteronomy 7:26

And you must not bring any of those terrible idols into your homes. You must hate those terrible things! You must destroy those idols!

Joshua 9:20

This is what we must do. We must let them live. We cannot hurt them or God will be angry at us because we broke the promise we made to them.