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

5Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. 6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. 8And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 9Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

Zechariah 5:7 word by word

וְהִנֵּ֛ה כִּכַּ֥ר עֹפֶ֖רֶת נִשֵּׂ֑את וְזֹאת֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה אַחַ֔ת יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בְּת֥וֹךְ הָאֵיפָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• 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 burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
• Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
• Isaiah 22:11Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
• Jeremiah 3:1They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Yhwh.
• Ezekiel 16:1Again the word of Yhwh came unto me, saying,
• Ezekiel 23:1The word of Yhwh came again unto me, saying,
• Hosea 1:1The word of Yhwh that came unto 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 17:1And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon 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

Topics related to Zechariah 5:7

• Lead
• Measure
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Bible, the
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• Lead
• Weight
• 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