⁴‘I have sent it out,’ declares^d Yahweh of hosts, ‘and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of the one swearing falsely by my name,^e and it will spend the night in that^f house and will destroy it, with its timber and its stone.’ ”

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Footnotes

dLiterally “declaration of”
eLiterally “by my name to lie”
fHebrew “his”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will send it out,”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—“and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will stay inside his house and destroy it along with its timbers and stones.”

NLTNew Living Translation

And this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house of everyone who swears falsely using my name. And my curse will remain in that house and completely destroy it—even its timbers and stones.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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 falsely 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.

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