SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:4
Yo la saqué, dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, y vendrá a la casa del ladrón, y a la casa del que jura falsamente en mi nombre; y permanecerá en medio de su casa, y la consumirá, con sus enmaderamientos y sus piedras.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 5:4
Verse 4. Into the house of him] Babylon, the house or city of Nebuchadnezzar, who was a public plunderer, and a most glaring idolater.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 4. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts , etc.] 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, and shall consume it with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof ; when wrath is gone forth from the Lord, there is no stopping it; and where it takes place it will remain, there is no getting rid of it; it makes an utter desolation of goods and estates, and entirely destroys both body and soul in hell: there seems to be an allusion to the plague of the leprosy, ( Leviticus 14:45). So the son of Sirach says, “a man that swears much shall be full of iniquity, and the plague shall not depart from his house:” and again, “if a man swears in vain, he shall not be innocent or justified, for his house shall be full of calamities f95 .” So the oracle in Herodotus f96 , which Grotius has observed, makes an utter destruction of a man’s house and family, to be the punishment of the sin of perjury. Moreover, by the house of the thief and swearer may be meant the temple, as in the times of Christ, which was become a den of thieves and perjurers, and for their sins, became desolate, ( Matthew 21:13 23:38).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-4 - The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are rolls, in which God ha written the great things of his law and gospel; they are flying rolls God's word runs very swiftly, Ps 147:15. This flying roll contains declaration of the righteous wrath of God against sinners. Oh that we saw with an eye of faith the flying roll of God's curse hanging ove the guilty world as a thick cloud, not only keeping off the sunbeams of God's favour, but big with thunders, lightnings, and storms, ready to destroy them! How welcome then would the tidings of a Saviour be, wh came to redeem us from the curse of the law, being himself made a curs for us! Sin is the ruin of houses and families; especially the doin hurt to others and false witness. Who knows the power of God's anger God's curse cannot be kept out by bars or locks. While one part of the curse of God ruins the substance of the sinner, another part will res on the soul, and sink it to everlasting punishment. All ar transgressors of the law, so we cannot escape this wrath of God, excep we flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us in the gospel.
Original Hebrew
הוצאתיה 3318 נאם 5002 יהוה 3069 צבאות 6635 ובאה 935 אל 413 בית 1004 הגנב 1590 ואל 413 בית 1004 הנשׁבע 7650 בשׁמי 8034 לשׁקר 8267 ולנה 3885 בתוך 8432 ביתו 1004 וכלתו 3615 ואת 854 עציו 6086 ואת 854 אבניו׃ 68
