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Verse Zechariah 5:6. _THIS_ IS _AN EPHAH THAT GOETH FORTH._] This,
among the Jews, was the ordinary measure of grain. The _woman_ in the
_ephah_ is supposed to represent _Judea_, which shall be visit...
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THIS IS THE EPHAH THAT GOETH FORTH - Theodoret: “We too are taught
by this, that the Lord of all administers all things in weight and
measure. So, foretelling to Abraham that his seed should be a
sojo...
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CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The sixth vision (Zechariah 5:1) _
2. The seventh vision (Zechariah 5:5)
Zechariah 5:1. The three remaining night visions are of a different
character. The first visions the prophet h...
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THE TRANSFERENCE TO BABYLONIA OF JUDAH'S GUILT (_i.e._ the cause of
calamity). For their resemblance (Zechariah 5:6) read with LXX their
iniquity (_mg.)_ or rather their guilt. By the transference of...
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THIS. Hebrew. _zoth_. Feminine. Singular.
EPHAH. See App-51.,
RESEMBLANCE. aspect. Heb _eye._ Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of
Adjunct), App-6, for their Look: i.e. appearance, or colour, as in
L...
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_an ephah_ Lit. THE EPHAH. Though it seems impossible to fix
accurately the size of the Hebrew ephah (_Dict. of Bible_, Weights and
Measures), there can be no doubt that it was not large enough to
con...
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THIS IS AN EPHAH THAT GOETH FORTH— _The ephah that is going forth._
An ephah was a dry measure containing somewhat less than our bushel,
consequently too small for a woman to sit in; we must therefore...
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CHAPTER XXXIII
A VISION OF A WOMAN IN A FLYING BASKET
Zechariah 5:5-11
RV. Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me,
Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth fo...
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Then 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.
Wickedness and idolatry removed from the Holy Land to Babylon, there...
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5:6 land. (e-27) Or 'earth,' as 1 Samuel 2:8 . resemblance (f-23) Or
'look;' 'iniquity,' LXX....
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THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH VISIONS
1-4. A flying roll inscribed with curses comes down upon the earth.
The previous visions had promised many blessings to the people; and
the sixth and seventh teach that...
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EPHAH] the greatest measure among the Jews, a round vessel holding
about 7 gals. This vision describes the fulfilment of the promise
given in Zechariah 3:9. RESEMBLANCE] A very slight change of one He...
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A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.
Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of
Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in
Zechariah 1:7 to...
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WHAT IS IT_?_ — i.e., What does it symbolise? For, of course, he
could see that it was an ephah.
THIS IS AN EPHAH... ALL THE EARTH. — Better, _This, the ephah that
cometh forth, this, continued he, is...
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וָ אֹמַ֖ר מַה ־הִ֑יא וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר זֹ֤את
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THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH
Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
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THE VISION OF THE FLYING ROLL
Zechariah 5:1-11
This huge sheet of parchment, 30 by 15 feet, was covered with the
solemn curses of the Law, on one side against the thief and on the
other against false...
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The vision of the flying roll represents the principle of law as it
will be administered by Israel when she fulfils the true ideal. It
must be considered as a sequence following the realization of tho...
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And I said, What [is] it? And he said, This [is] an (e) ephah that
goeth forth. He said moreover, This [is] their (f) resemblance through
all the earth.
(e) Which was a measure in dry things, contain...
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"Then 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. (6) And I
said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth fo...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his
prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes
a great deal far...
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Then the angel answered, _This is the measure that goes forth, and
this is their eye in all the earth_. By saying that the measure is
their eye, he no doubt means that the ungodly could not thus be
ca...
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Chapter 5 shews us the other side of the picture, that is to say, the
judgment of the wicked in Israel in the last days. The prophet sees an
immense roll filled with a curse for the wicked, for those...
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AND I SAID, WHAT [IS] IT?.... After he had lifted up his eyes and seen
it, he desires to know both what it was, and what was the meaning of
it:
AND HE SAID, THIS [IS] AN EPHAH THAT GOETH FORTH; which...
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And 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.
Ver. 6. _And I said, What is it?_] _i.e._ What meaneth...
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_The angel that talked with me went forth_ Or rather, _went on_, as
the verb יצא often signifies; (see 2 Chronicles 21:19; Jeremiah
25:32;) and so it may signify at the end of this verse, and in the
n...
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THE VISION OF THE WOMAN IN THE EPHAH...
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And I said, What is it? for Zechariah evidently did not recognize the
object at once. AND HE SAID, THIS IS AN EPHAH THAT GOETH FORTH, the
ephah being a dry measure corresponding roughly to our peck. T...
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THE SIXTH VISION - A FLYING SCROLL
(vv. 1-4)
The five previous visions have beautifully emphasized the grace of God
in His restoring great blessing to Israel after years of sorrow and
desolation. Th...
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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 sh...
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AND I SAID, WHAT IS IT? Zechariah knew not what this was tie saw, so
far was. he from knowing what it meant. AND HE, the angel, said, THIS
IS AN EPHAH; the greatest, say some, of measures with the Heb...
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Zechariah 5:6 asked H559 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) basket H374 forth
H3318 (H8802) said H559 ...
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THE SEVENTH VISION. THE WOMAN IN THE MEASURING VESSEL - IDOLATRY TO BE
REMOVED FROM THE LAND (ZECHARIAH 5:5).
Not only must dishonesty and false witness be removed from the land,
so also must all con...
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WHAT IS IT
In the vision of the ephah local and prophetic elements are to be
distinguished. The elements are: an ephah or measure; a woman in the
ephah; a sealing weight upon the mouth of the ephah c...
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CONTENTS: Vision of the flying roll and the ephah.
CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah, angel.
CONCLUSION: God's holy law reveals the righteous wrath of God against
those who by swearing, affront God's majes...
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Zechariah 5:2. _What seest thou? I see a flying roll._ Hebrews
_meghilla,_ a parchment, a terrific scroll, twenty cubits in length,
and ten in breadth, an oblong in measure like the courts of the
temp...
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_And this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah _
THE WOMAN IN THE EPHAH
This vision, like the preceding, is of a warning character, and
somewhat more obscure in its symbolical apparatus...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 5:5 The seventh vision is closely linked
to the sixth. It adds exile to the threat of destruction.
⇐...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 5:6 The prophet saw a BASKET holding
about three-fifths of a bushel. Inside this small container was THEIR
INIQUITY IN ALL THE LAND, personified as a woman
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Zechariah 5:5.] Seventh vision. Wickedness driven from Judah to mingle
with its kindred elements in Babylon.
ZECHARIAH 5:6. EPHAH] A familiar dry measure, denoting unjust dealings
i...
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EXPOSITION
ZECHARIAH 5:1
§ 8. _The sixth vision: the flying roll._
ZECHARIAH 5:1
THEN I TURNED, AND LIFTED UP MINE EYES; _i.e. _I lifted up mine eyes
again, and saw the vision that follows. The pro...
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So then I turned, and I lifted up my eyes, and I beheld a flying roll
(Zechariah 5:1).
Now this must have been a weird looking sight, a flying saucer kind of
a thing.
And he said unto me, What do you...
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Amos 8:5; Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 44:11...
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He — The angel. An ephah — A measure which held about three
bushels. Goeth forth — Out of the temple. Their resemblance — This
is an emblem of this people everywhere. Thus there is limited time and
me...