Zechariah 5:11
And he says to me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar.” And it has been prepared and has been placed there on its base.
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In Context
10And I say to the messenger who is speaking with me, “To where [are] they causing the ephah to go?”
Cross References
Genesis 11:2and it comes to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar and dwell there;
Deuteronomy 28:59then YHWH has made your strokes extraordinary, and the strokes [against] your seed [are] great strokes that are persisting and severe sicknesses that are persisting.
Jeremiah 29:28Because that he has sent to us [in] Babylon, saying, It [is] long, build houses and abide; and plant gardens and eat their fruit.”
Hosea 3:4For the sons of Israel remain without a king for many days, and there is no prince, and there is no sacrifice, and there is no standing pillar, and there is no ephod and 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 →