Study it in the app“And he said to me, “This is the imprecation that goes out over the face of all the land; for everyone who steals, from here, according to it, has gone unpunished; and everyone who swears, from here, according to it, has gone unpunished.”
And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Thisזֹאתis the imprecationהָאָלָהthat goes outהַיּוֹצֵאתoverעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof allכָלthe land;הָאָרֶץforכִּיeveryoneכָלwho steals,הַגֹּנֵבfrom here,מִזֶּהaccording to it,כָּמוֹהָhas gone unpunished;נִקָּהand everyoneוְכָלwho swears,הַנִּשְׁבָּעfrom here,מִזֶּהaccording to it,כָּמוֹהָhas gone unpunished.נִקָּה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsoath
An oath that brings a curse if broken.
Where else “ala” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotset” appearssurface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearssteal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “gonev” appearsgo unpunished
Not to receive the punishment one deserved.
Where else “nika” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appearsA difficult verse: it can be understood that until now the thief and the one who swears falsely have gone unpunished, or that, according to what is written on the scroll, they will be driven out.
2And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a flying scroll; its length twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”
3 · This verse (above)
4I have sent it out, declares YHWH Tsevaot, and it will enter into the house of the thief and into the house of the one who swears by my name falsely; and it will lodge in the midst of his house and consume it, both its timber and its stones.”
