Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 5:4

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 falsly 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 .

So exemplarily will I execute this Judgment, that it shall appear I do it, my hand [illegible: 1 letter]aith God shall be seen in it.

None shall be able to keep it out, this curse shall come with commission from me,

where he laid up that he got by the[illegible: 1 letter]t and thought to rejoice i[illegible: 1 letter] it, or by house understand all his Estate and Goods with his Family and posterity.

The Robbers of God, and of their Neighbours▪ and every other notorious transgressour of the precepts of the second Table.

This doth explain that of the third verse, and 'tis plain that the perjur'd person is here threatned, every one that dares call God to witness to a falsehood, and imprecate themselves if they spea[illegible: 1 letter] not truth.

This curse shall be a long curse, it shall stick close to them and theirs like Gehazi's Leprosie.

As in the heart and center of their house like a sword in the midst of the Bowels, or like a Disease that seizeth the heart.

Though it do not destroy suddenly, it shall destroy surely.

The strength of it, nothing shall remain as when both Timber and stones of a house are consumed and wasted. Such execution shall be done on those whose name and place shall be blotted out.

Marginal references: chap. [illegible: 1 span]; See [illegible: 1 word] 45▪