Zechariah 5:8
6 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.
7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.
- KJV
- And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
- WEB
- He said, “This is Wickedness;” and he threw her down into the middle of the ephah basket; and he threw the lead weight on its mouth.
- ASV
- And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
- DARBY
- And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
- BLB
- And he said, “This [is] Wickedness.” And he threw her down into the midst of the basket, and he threw the weight of lead over its mouth.
- ÅB
- Og han sa: Dette er ugudeligheten. Så støtte han henne ned i efaen og slo blylokket til over åpningen.
- OTB
- Han sa: «Dette er ondskapen,» og han dyttet henne tilbake i kurven og kastet blyknotten over åpningen.
- B1930
- Og han sa: Dette er ugudeligheten. Så støtte han henne ned i efaen og slo blylokket til over åpningen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 6:11
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Read in contextMatthew 23:32
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Read in contextZechariah 5:7
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
Read in contextAmos 9:1–4
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Read in contextGenesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Read in contextPsalms 38:4
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Read in contextLamentations 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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