Zechariah 5:6

And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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 went forth that spoke in me, and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what this is, that goeth forth.

7And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.

Read all of Zechariah 5

Cross References

Ezekiel 44:10Moreover the Levites that went away far from me, when the children of Israel went astray, and have wandered from me after their idols, and have borne their iniquity:

Amos 8:5Saying: When will the month be over, and we shall sell our wares: and the sabbath, and we shall open the corn: that we may lessen the measure, and increase the sicle, and may convey in deceitful balances,

Micah 6:10The voice of the Lord crieth to the city, and salvation shall be to them that fear thy name: hear, O ye tribes, and who shall approve it?

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Zechariah 5:6