Zechariah 5:8

He said, “This is Wickedness.” He thrust her down into the midst of the basket and he pushed the round leaden cover back on its mouth.

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In The King James Version

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

In Context

7A round leaden cover was lifted up, and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the basket.

9Then I looked up and saw two women, and the wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork and they lifted up the basket between them.

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Cross References

Psalms 38:4For that my guilt is gone over my head: it weighs like a burden too heavy for me.

Micah 6:11Can I leave her unpunished because of evil scales, and the bag of false weights?

Matthew 23:32Go on then, finish what your ancestors began!

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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