Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 5:3

3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth : for every one that stealeth, shall be cut off as on this side: according to it , and every one that sweareth , shall be cut off as on that side, aceording to it.

The Angel which instructed the Prophet.

This Roll or Book containeth the Curse, the menaced Punishment due to sinners, of which too many were still among the Iews.

That goeth speedily, for it flyeth.

Either the whole Land of Iudea, or over all the world, where ever these sins are found; this curse will come upon the sinners, unless they repen[illegible: 1 letter].

Theft is here first mentioned, a sin that had abounded among them, and from which they were not free then, they rob'd one another, and they rob'd God, they were sacrilegious.

Shall be punished with an extermination of his house, as well as with cutting off his Life.

According to the just threats of the Law▪

Profanely, or [illegible: 1 letter]alsly, the perjur'd person shall be cut off too.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 span] doth.