Zechariah 5:10

Zechariah 5:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
• New International Version (NIV)“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the basket?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)So I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”

Context of Zechariah 5:10

8The angel said, ‘This is sin.’ He pushed her into the basket again and he put the heavy metal lid on top of the basket. 9Then I looked up and I saw two women. They flew towards me with strong wings. The wind carried them as the wind carries large birds. They lifted the basket between the earth and the sky. Then I said to the angel that talked with me, ‘Where will these women take the basket?’ 11The angel said to me, ‘They will take the basket to the country called Babylon. They will build a house for it there. When the house is ready, they will put the basket inside the house. They will put it where people can see it.’

Zechariah 5:10 word by word

וָאֹמַ֕ר אֶל־הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֑י אָ֛נָה הֵ֥מָּה מֽוֹלִכ֖וֹת אֶת־הָאֵיפָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I to the angelמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
• that talkedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• with me, Whither do these bearיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• the ephahאֵיפָה'êyphâh 'êphâh · ephahH374

Cross-references for Zechariah 5:10

• Zechariah 7:11But the people would not listen and they turned away. They put their hands over their ears, because they did not want to hear.
• Ezekiel 39:12Israel's people will need seven months to bury all the dead bodies. Then the land will be clean.
• John 2:16He said to the people who sold birds, ‘Take them out of here! Do not make my Father's house into a market!’

Commentaries on Zechariah 5:10

• 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. 5-11The seventh vision continues the theme of cleansing that began when the high priest Jeshua was declared innocent (Zechariah 3:1–10). The removal of wickedness, like the removal of Jeshua’s filthy clothes (Zechariah 3:4), shows God’s gracious forgiveness. This act comes from the covenant-keeping God.Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 5:10

• Measure
• Symbols and Similitudes

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• Angel
• Bible, the
• Ephah (2)
• Joshua (3)
• 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