Zechariah 5:7

Zechariah 5:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman!
• English Standard Version (ESV)And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”;

Context of Zechariah 5:7

5Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Look up and see what this is that is approaching.” 6So I asked, “What is it?” He responded, “It’s a measuring basket that is approaching.” And he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.” Then a lead cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket. 8“This is Wickedness,” he said. He shoved her down into the basket and pushed the lead weight over its opening. 9Then I looked up and saw two women approaching with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and sky.

Zechariah 5:7 word by word

וְהִנֵּ֛ה כִּכַּ֥ר עֹפֶ֖רֶת נִשֵּׂ֑את וְזֹאת֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה אַחַ֔ת יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בְּת֥וֹךְ הָאֵיפָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And, behold, there was lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• a talentכִּכָּרkikâr · talentH3603
• of leadעֹפֶרֶת‛ôphereth ‛ôphereth · leadH5777
• aאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• that sittethיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of the ephahאֵיפָה'êyphâh 'êphâh · ephahH374

Cross-references for Zechariah 5:7

• Isaiah 13:1A pronouncement concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
• Isaiah 15:1A pronouncement concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night.
• Isaiah 22:11You made a reservoir between the walls for the water of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the one who made it, or consider the one who created it long ago.
• Jeremiah 3:1If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Wouldn’t such a land become totally defiled? But you! You have prostituted yourself with many partners — can you return to me? This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Ezekiel 16:1The word of the Lord came to me again:
• Ezekiel 23:1The word of the Lord came to me again:
• Hosea 1:1The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
• Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the judgment of the notorious prostitute who is seated on many waters.

Commentaries on Zechariah 5:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And behold there was lifted up a talent of lead - the heaviest Hebrew weight, elsewhere of gold or silver; the golden talent weighing, 1,300,000 grains; the silver, 660,000; here, being lead, it is obviously an undefined mass, though circular, corresponding to the Ephah. The Ephah too was the largest Hebrew measure, whose compass cannot now, with certainty, be ascertained. Both probably were, in the vision, ideal. Theodoret: “Holy Scripture calleth the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-11Verses 5-11 In this vision the prophet sees an ephah, something in the shape of a corn measure. This betokened the Jewish nation. They are filling the measure of their iniquity; and when it is full, they shall be delivered into the hands of those to whom God sold them for their sins. The woman sitting in the midst of the ephah represents the sinful church and nation of the Jews, in their latter and corrupt age. Guilt is upon the sinner as a weight of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The heavy lead cover weighed about 34 kilograms (75 pounds), which is one talent. This was not a normal cover for an ephah basket. Its weight shows that special action was needed to seal the basket’s unholy contents.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. lifted up--The cover is lifted off the ephah to let the prophet see the female personification of "wickedness" within, about to be removed from Judea. The cover being "of lead," implies that the "woman" cannot escape from the ponderous load which presses her down. talent--literally, "a round piece": hence a talent, a weight of one hundred twenty-five pounds troy. woman--for comparison of "wickedness" to a woman, Pr 2:16; 5:3, 4. In personifying…Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 5:7

• Lead
• Measure
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Bible, the
• Ephah (2)
• Joshua (3)
• Lead
• Weight
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Zechariah 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings