Zechariah 5:1
Then I turned me, and lifted vp mine eyes and looked, and beholde, a flying booke.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 36:1And in the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, came this word vnto Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,
Jeremiah 36:27Then the word of the Lord came to Ieremiah (after that the King had burnt the roule and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Ieremiah) saying,
Zechariah 5:2And he said vnto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying booke: the length thereof is twentie cubites, and the breadth thereof tenne cubites.
Revelation 10:2And hee had in his hande a little booke open, and he put his right foote vpon the sea, and his left on the earth,
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 5:1
Hitherto we have seen visions of peace only, and all the words we have heard have been good words and comfortable words. But the pillar of cloud and fire has a black and dark side towards the Egyptians, as well as a bright and pleasant side towards Israel; so have Zechariah's visions; for God's prophets are not only his ambassadors, to treat of peace with the sons of peace, but heralds, to proclaim war against those that delight in war, and persist in their rebellion. In this chapter we have two visions, by which… Read the whole commentary →