Zechariah 5:8

The angel said, “This is Wickedness!” He threw her back inside the basket, and he threw the lead cover over its opening.

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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

7Then a lead covering was lifted off the basket and there was a woman under it sitting in it!

9I lifted my eyes and saw two women coming toward me, and wind was in their wings—for they had wings like a stork's wings. They lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

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Cross References

Psalms 38:4For my iniquities overwhelm me; 1 they are a burden too heavy for me. 1

Lamentations 1:14The yoke of my transgressions is bound together by his hand. 1 They are knit together and placed upon my neck. He has made my strength fail. 1 The Lord has given me over into their hands, and I am not able to stand. 1

Micah 6:11Should I consider a person to be innocent if he uses fraudulent scales, 1 with a bag of deceptive weights? 1

Matthew 23:32You also fill up the measure of your fathers.

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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