Zechariah 5:6

“What is it?” I asked. “What you see moving away is a barrel full of the sins of everyone in the country,” he replied.

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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

5Then the angel I had been talking to came over to me and said, “Look. What do you see moving away?”

7Then the lead lid was lifted from the barrel and there was a woman sitting inside.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 44:10The Levites who abandoned me when Israel turned from worshiping me and went off to follow their idols will experience the consequences of their sins.

Amos 8:5You who ask, “When will the holy day be over so we can get back to selling grain? When will the Sabbath be over so we can open our storehouses, and cheat people with short measures and unfair scales?”

Micah 6:10Are there still ill-gotten gains in the houses of the wicked? Are they still using dishonest measures in selling grain?

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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