Zechariah 5:1
And I turned and lifted up my eyes: and I saw, and behold a volume flying.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 came to pass in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, that this word came to Jeremias by the Lord, saying:
Jeremiah 36:27And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet, after that the king had burnt the volume, and the words that Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremias, saying:
Zechariah 5:2And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I see a volume flying: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
Revelation 10:2And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot upon the earth.
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 →