Zechariah 5:3-4

5:3 The speaker went on to say, “This is a curse ¹  traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals ²  will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.” 5:4 “I will send it out,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”

Malachi 3:5

3:5 “I ³  will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, ⁴  and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, ⁵  who refuse to help ⁶  the immigrant ⁷  and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.

¹ tn The Hebrew word translated “curse” (אָלָה, ’alah) alludes to the covenant sanctions that attend the violation of God’s covenant with Israel (cf. Deut 29:12, 14, 20-21).

² sn Stealing and swearing falsely (mentioned later in this verse) are sins against mankind and God respectively and are thus violations of the two major parts of the Ten Commandments. These two stipulations (commandments 8 and 3) represent the whole law.

³ tn The first person pronoun (a reference to the Lord) indicates that the Lord himself now speaks (see also v. 1). The prophet speaks in vv. 2-4 (see also 2:17).

⁴ tn Heb “those who swear [oaths] falsely.” Cf. NIV “perjurers”; TEV “those who give false testimony”; NLT “liars.”

⁵ tn Heb “and against the oppressors of the worker for a wage, [the] widow and orphan.”

⁶ tn Heb “those who turn aside.”

⁷ tn Or “resident foreigner”; NIV “aliens”; NRSV “the alien.”