Zechariah 5:1

And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a flying roll.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

In Context

2And he saith unto me, 'What art thou seeing?' And I say, 'I am seeing a flying roll, its length twenty by the cubit, and its breadth ten by the cubit.'

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Cross References

Jeremiah 36:1And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

Jeremiah 36:27And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah — after the king's burning the roll, even the words that Baruch hath written from the mouth of Jeremiah — saying:

Zechariah 5:2And he saith unto me, 'What art thou seeing?' And I say, 'I am seeing a flying roll, its length twenty by the cubit, and its breadth ten by the cubit.'

Revelation 10:2and he had in his hand a little scroll opened, and he did place his right foot upon the sea, and the left upon the land,

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 →

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