New American Standard Bible 2020
Zechariah 5:10
10So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?”
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
8Then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its opening. 9Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of the stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?” 11Then he said to me, “To build a temple for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal.”
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וָאֹמַ֕ר אֶל־הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֑י אָ֛נָה הֵ֥מָּה מֽוֹלִכ֖וֹת אֶת־הָאֵיפָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Zechariah 5:10
- Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention, and turned a stubborn shoulder and plugged their ears from hearing.
- Ezekiel 39:12For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
- John 2:16and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away from here; stop making My Father’s house a place of business!”
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
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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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