Zechariah 5:8

Zechariah 5:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And 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.
• New International Version (NIV)He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said, "This is Wickedness." And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover over its mouth.

Context of Zechariah 5:8

6I asked, “What is it?” He replied, “This is the measuring basket that goes out.” He continued, “This is their eye in all the land.” 7Then behold, a lead cover was lifted and a woman was sitting in the middle of the measuring basket. The angel exclaimed, ‘This is Wickedness!’ Then he shoved her back inside the measuring basket, throwing the lead weight over its mouth. 9After this I lifted up my eyes and behold, I saw two women emerging with the wind in their wings (they had wings like the wings of a stork) and they raised the measuring basket between the earth and the heaven. 10I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the measuring basket?”

Zechariah 5:8 word by word

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ זֹ֣את הָרִשְׁעָ֔ה וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ אֹתָ֖הּ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הָֽאֵיפָ֑ה וַיַּשְׁלֵ֛ךְ אֶת־אֶ֥בֶן הָעֹפֶ֖רֶת אֶל־פִּֽיהָ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• wickednessרִשְׁעָהrish‛âh · wickednessH7564
• And he castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• it into the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of the ephahאֵיפָה'êyphâh 'êphâh · ephahH374
• the weightאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stone: weightH68
• of leadעֹפֶרֶת‛ôphereth ‛ôphereth · leadH5777
• upon the mouthפֶּהpeh · lip: openingH6310

Cross-references for Zechariah 5:8

• Genesis 15:16Then in the fourth generation they will return here—for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
• Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers!
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they might be saved. As a result, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last.
• Zechariah 5:7Then behold, a lead cover was lifted and a woman was sitting in the middle of the measuring basket.
• Psalms 38:4There is no health in my flesh because of Your indignation. There is no wholeness in my bones because of my sin.
• Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man will ensnare him. The cords of his sin will hold him down.
• Lamentations 1:14My transgressions are bound into a yoke, woven together by His hand. They have come upon my neck and He has sapped my strength. The Lord delivered me over to those I cannot withstand.
• Amos 9:1I saw my Lord standing by the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars, so the porches shake! Break all of them off at the head! Then the last of them I will slay with the sword— none of them fleeing will escape and no fugitive will slip away.

Commentaries on Zechariah 5:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And cast her into the midst of the Ephah - As yet then the measure was not full. Ribera: “She had the lower part within the Ephah, but the upper, especially the head, without. Though the Jews had slain the prophets and done many grievous things, the greatest sin of all remained to be done. But when they had crucified Christ and persecuted the Apostles and the Gospel, the measure was full; she was wholly within the Ephah, no part remained without, so that…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. 8Wickedness can be moral evil or ceremonial evil, and it is opposed to righteousness (see Proverbs 13:6; Ezekiel 33:12). The word wickedness (Hebrew rish‘ah) sounds similar in Hebrew to the name Asherah, the fertility goddess of the ancient Near East (see Deuteronomy 7:5; 16:21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. wickedness--literally, "the wickedness": implying wickedness in its peculiar development. Compare "the man of sin," 2Th 2:3. cast it--that is, her, Wickedness, who had moved more freely while the heavy lid was partially lifted off. weight--literally, "stone," that is, round mass.Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 5:8

• Lead
• Measure
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Bible, the
• Ephah (2)
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• Lead
• Weight
• Writing
• 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