Zechariah 5:6
4 I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
5 Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
“What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”
7 And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
8 “This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.
Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Jeg spurte: Hva er det? Han svarte: Det er en efa som kommer fram der. Og han sa: Slik skal det se ut med dem[^2] i hele landet.
- OTB
- Og jeg spurte: «Hva er det?» Han svarte: «Dette er kurven som går ut.» Og han la til: «Dette er deres ondskap over hele landet.»
- B1930
- Jeg spurte: Hvad er det? Han svarte: Det er en efa som kommer frem der. Og han sa: Således skal det se ut med dem i hele landet. / < folket.>
- BSB
- “What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”
- KJV
- And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.
- WEB
- I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the ephah basket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the land—
- ASV
- And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land
- DARBY
- And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. And he said, This is their resemblance in all the land.
- BLB
- And I said, “What [is] it?” And he said, “This [is] the basket that is going forth.” And he said, “This [is] their iniquity in all the land.”
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Amos 8:5
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
Les i sammenhengEzekiel 44:10–11
Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
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