Zechariah 5:1
And I turned and lifted up my eyes. And I saw, and behold, a book flying.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 36:1And it happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah: it happened that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
Jeremiah 36:27And after the king had burned the volume and the words that Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, the prophet, saying:
Zechariah 5:2And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a book flying. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width is ten cubits.”
Revelation 10:2And he held in his hand a small open book. And he stationed his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot upon the land.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 5:1
Hitherto we have seen visions of peace only, and all the words we have heard have been good words and comfortable words. But the pillar of cloud and fire has a black and dark side towards the Egyptians, as well as a bright and pleasant side towards Israel; so have Zechariah's visions; for God's prophets are not only his ambassadors, to treat of peace with the sons of peace, but heralds, to proclaim war against those that delight in war, and persist in their rebellion. In this chapter we have two visions, by which… Read the whole commentary →