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

5The angel who was speaking with me came forward. He said, “Look up, and see what’s coming.” 6“What is it?” I asked. “A basket is coming,” he said. Then he added, “This is what the people’s sins look like all over the earth.” A lead cover ⌞on the basket⌟ was raised, and a woman was sitting in the basket. 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.

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 13:1This is the divine revelation which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Babylon.
• Isaiah 15:1This is the divine revelation about Moab. In a single night Ar in Moab is laid waste and destroyed! In a single night Kir in Moab is laid waste and destroyed!
• Isaiah 22:11You will build a reservoir between the two walls to hold the water of the Old Pool. You didn’t look to Jerusalem’s maker. You didn’t see the one who formed it long ago.
• Jeremiah 3:1A saying: If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, her first husband shouldn’t go back to her again. The land would become thoroughly polluted. “You have acted like a prostitute who has many lovers. And now you want to come back to me!” declares the Lord.
• Ezekiel 16:1The Lord spoke his word to me. He said,
• Ezekiel 23:1The Lord spoke his word to me. He said,
• Hosea 1:1The Lord spoke his word to Hosea, son of Beeri, when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah and when Jeroboam, son of Joash, was king of Israel.
• Revelation 17:1One of the seven angels who held the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of that notorious prostitute who sits on raging 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

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• Lead
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• 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