Zechariah 5:6

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.

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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.

In Context

5And the angel who was talking to me went out and said to me, Let your eyes be lifted up now, and see the ephah which is going out.

7And I saw a round cover of lead lifted up; and a woman was seated in the middle of the ephah.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 44:10But as for the Levites, who went far from me, when Israel went out of the right way, turning away from me to go after their images; their punishment will come on them.

Amos 8:5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

Micah 6:10Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 5:6-11

The Vision of the Ephah. ( b. c. 520.) 5 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 forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. 8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the… Read the whole commentary →

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