Zechariah 5:3

The whole earth. — Better, the whole land: viz., of Israel.

For every one... on this side... on that side according to it — i.e., according to the curse written on this side and on that side of the scroll. But the Hebrew will hardly bear this interpretation. Koehler proposes to render, instead of “on this side” and “on that side,” “from hence” in both cases — viz., from the land. (Comp. Exodus 11:1). But the contrast, which is evidently implied here, precludes this interpretation. We prefer to render, For every one that stealeth, on the one hand, shall, in accordance therewith, be certainly destroyed; and every one that sweareth [falsely], on the other hand, shall, in accordance therewith, be certainly destroyed. Thieves are mentioned as a specimen of sinners against the second table of the Decalogue: viz., as false to man; and false swearers as sinners against the first table: viz., as false to God.