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 wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and forced the lead cover down on top of it. 9I looked up and saw two women coming forward with wind in their wings. They had wings like those of a stork. They carried the basket into the sky. I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” 11He answered me, “They are going to build a house for it in Shinar [Babylonia]. When the house is ready, they will set the basket there on a stand.”

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 7:11“But people refused to pay attention. They shrugged their shoulders at me and shut their ears so that they couldn’t hear.
• Ezekiel 39:12The people of Israel will be burying them there for seven months to make the land clean.
• John 2:16He told those who sold pigeons, “Pick up this stuff, and get it out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!”

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
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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