Zechariah 5:11
And he said unto me: 'To build her a house in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
10Then said I to the angel that spoke with me: 'Whither do these bear the measure?'
Cross References
Genesis 11:2And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Deuteronomy 28:59then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
Jeremiah 29:28forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying: The captivity is long; build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?'
Hosea 3:4For the children of Israel shall sit solitary many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim;
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 →