Zechariah 5:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

And it shall remain

James 5:2

General references

Mark 11:21

Bible References

And it shall remain

“When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I put a mark of leprosy on a house in your land,

You shall not bring an abomination (idol) into your house, and like it come under the ban (doomed to destruction); you shall utterly detest and you shall utterly hate it, for it is something banned.

“Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].

Complete darkness (misfortune) is held in reserve for his treasures.
An unfanned fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the home of the just and righteous.

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.

Your wealth has rotted and is ruined and your [fine] clothes have become moth-eaten.

General references

“You shall not steal [secretly, openly, fraudulently, or through carelessness].

then the priest shall come and look again, and if the mark has spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is [ceremonially] unclean.

and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings a curse, and the water that brings the curse will go into her and cause bitterness.

“Your basket and your kneading bowl will be cursed.

And remembering, Peter said to Him, “Rabbi (Master), look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered!”