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Zechariah 5:7
7And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!
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!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”;
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then the heavy lead cover was lifted off the basket, and there was a woman sitting inside it.
Context of Zechariah 5:7
5Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out." 6And I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the basket that is going out." And he said, "This is their iniquity in all the land." And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! 8And he said, "This is Wickedness." And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening. 9Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.
Read all of Zechariah 5Zechariah 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 13:1The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
- Isaiah 15:1An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone; because Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone.
- Isaiah 22:11You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.
- Jeremiah 3:1"If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me? declares the Lord.
- Ezekiel 16:1Again the word of the Lord came to me:
- Ezekiel 23:1The word of the Lord came to me:
- Hosea 1:1The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
- Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great 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
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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
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