Zechariah 5:8

And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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

9And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.

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Cross References

Psalms 38:4\38:3\My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

Lamentations 1:14A watch is kept on my sins; they are joined together by his hand, they have come on to my neck; he has made my strength give way: the Lord has given me up into the hands of those against whom I have no power.

Micah 6:11Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?

Matthew 23:32Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.

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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