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AND 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 slai...
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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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WICKEDNESS. the lawless [one]. Hebrew. _rasha',_ App-44. Adjective,
feminine, singular. the embodiment of the principle of lawlessness.
The religions aspect of 2 Thessalonians 2:8.Revelation 17.
IT: i...
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_This is wickedness_ This woman that thou seest sitting in the ephah
represents the wickedness of the whole land, gathered up, as it were,
into one and personified.
_the weight of lead_ Lit. THE STONE...
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THIS IS WICKEDNESS— _The wicked one._ That is, the wicked one
representing the wicked nation. Her being driven back within the ephah
denotes the check given to her farther progress; and the weight of...
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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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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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CAST IT INTO] RV, 'cast her down into.' The woman, typifying the sin
of the nation, is thrust down into the ephah and covered with the lid....
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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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TALENT. — Better, _disc._ The construction of these verses is rather
difficult. They should be taken as the words of the angel-interpreter,
and be rendered: _And behold_ (_i.e.,_ and you may see) _a l...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ זֹ֣את הָ רִשְׁעָ֔ה וַ
יַּשְׁלֵ֥ך
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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 he said, This [is] (i) wickedness. And he cast it into the midst
of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its mouth.
(i) Signifying that Satan would not have such power against the Jews...
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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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Now the angel adds, that _a thin piece of lead was cast over the mouth
of the measure, and that wickedness was cast into the measure_. The
expression, that wickedness was thrown into the measure, may...
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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 HE SAID, THIS [IS] WICKEDNESS,.... A representation of wicked men,
who are wickedness itself, as their inward part is, Psalms 5:9 and
particularly of the wicked one, the man of sin and son of perd...
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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.
Ver. 8. _And he said, This is wickedness_] viz. This woman, a fig...
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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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And he said, This is wickedness, false doctrine, godlessness
personified. AND HE CAST IT INTO THE MIDST OF THE EPHAH, thus
preventing her escape; AND HE CAST THE WEIGHT OF LEAD UPON THE MOUTH
THEREOF,...
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THE VISION OF THE WOMAN IN THE EPHAH...
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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 HE SAID; the angel unfolds the riddle. THIS, this woman that sits
in the ephah, represents the sinful nation of the Jews, is emblem of
their wickedness. IS WICKEDNESS, in the abstract, to express...
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Zechariah 5:8 said H559 (H8799) Wickedness H7564 thrust H7993 (H8686)
into H8432 basket H374 threw H7993 ...
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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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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 he said, This is wickedness _
WORLDLINESS
This is the ruin of thousands and tens of thousands.
It is not at all necessary to insure a man’s perdition that he
either “steal” or “swear falsely.”...
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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 5:8 The vision includes the removal of
all WICKEDNESS from the land (see Zechariah 3:9). Wickedness is under
God’s power and authority: the ange
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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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1 Thessalonians 2:16; Amos 9:1; Genesis 15:16; Lamentations 1:14;...
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This — This woman represents the wickedness of the Jews. He cast it
— The angel cast down this woman. On the mouth — And so shut her
up, to suffer the punishment of all her sins....