Zechariah 5:1
Then I turned, after an interval of some time, AND LIFTED UP MINE EYES AND LOOKED, AND BEHOLD A FLYING ROLL, a book-scroll, or parchment, of great size, or consisting of many large leaves fastened together.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I turned, after an interval of some time, AND LIFTED UP MINE EYES AND LOOKED, AND BEHOLD A FLYING ROLL, a book-scroll, or parchment, of great size, or consisting of many large leaves fastened together.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VISION OF THE FLYING ROLL... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll, a parchment loose or unrolled moving through the air; THE LENGTH THEREOF IS TWENTY CUBITS AND THE BREADTH THEREOF TEN CUBITS, the dimensions approximately ten yards by five yards.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said he unto me, without waiting for a question on the part of the prophet, THIS IS THE CURSE THAT GOETH FORTH OVER THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH, as written on the roll; FOR EVERY ONE THAT STEALETH SHALL BE CUT OFF AS ON THIS SIDE ACCORDING TO IT, AND EVERY ONE THAT SWEARETH SHALL BE CUT OFF AS... [ Continue Reading ]
I will bring it forth, namely, the curse and the judgment in agreement with it, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, AND IT SHALL ENTER INTO THE HOUSE OF THE THIEF AND INTO THE HOUSE OF HIM THAT SWEARETH FALSELY BY MY NAME, these two classes of sinners being named as representatives of all unrepentant transgres... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the angel that talked with me, who acted as the interpreter of all these visions, WENT FORTH, so that there was a pause in the revelations of the Lord, AND SAID UNTO ME, LIFT UP NOW THINE EYES AND SEE WHAT IS THIS THAT GOETH FORTH, appearing before his eyes, something that he should observe ver... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VISION OF THE WOMAN IN THE EPHAH... [ Continue Reading ]
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. The object in the vision was evidently a receptacle having the shape of an ephah, and the ephah was c... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead, a great round piece, weighing about a hundred pounds; AND THIS IS A WOMAN THAT SITTETH IN THE MIDST OF THE EPHAH, the female personification of wickedness held within the ephah by the great weight.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, this acting as a cover keeping her shut up within the measure.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then lifted I up mine eyes and looked, fascinated by a further wonderful thing that happened, AND, BEHOLD, THERE CAME OUT TWO WOMEN, AND THE WIND WAS IN THEIR WINGS, aiding them in their movement forward as they carried the ephah; FOR THEY HAD WINGS LIKE THE WINGS OF A STORK; AND THEY LIFTED UP THE... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar, typical from olden times as the land of rebellion against the Lord, Genesis 11:1; AND IT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AND SET THERE UPON HER OWN BASE. In the land of Babylon, representative of the ungodly world, wickedness was to have its plac... [ Continue Reading ]