Zechariah 5:4

It. — The curse, as borne on the scroll.

Bring forth. — As it were, from His treasure-house, where all pre-ordained events are stored up (Deuteronomy 32:34).

And shall consume it. — In Herodotus (Book vi:86) there is an interesting parallel to this verse. A Milesian had deposited with Glaucus a sum of money on trust. When the sons of the depositor came to claim it, Glaucus consulted the oracle of Delphi whether he might perjure himself and keep the money. The priestess told him that it was best for the present to do as he desired, for that death was the common lot of the honest and the dishonest. “Yet,” added she, “Oath hath a son, nameless, handless, footless, but swift he pursues, until he seize and destroy the whole race and house.”