Zechariah 5 · Verse 11

Zechariah 5:11

And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
Zechariah 5:11, King James Version

Zechariah 5:11 in other translations

BSB“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
WEBHe said to me, “To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place.”
ASVAnd he said unto me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.
YLTAnd he saith unto me, ‘To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.' And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.
DARBYAnd he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established, and set there upon its own base.
BBEAnd he said to me, To make a house for her in the land of Shinar: and they will make a place ready, and put her there in the place which is hers.
WebsterAnd he said to me, To build for it a house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

What does Zechariah 5:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. To build ... house in ... Shinar--Babylonia (Ge 10:10), the capital of the God-opposed world kingdoms, and so representing in general the seat of irreligion. As the "building of houses" in Babylon (Jr 29:5, 28) by the Jews themselves expressed their long exile there, so the building of an house for "wickedness" there implies its permanent stay. set ... upon her own base--fixed there as in its proper place. "Wickedness" being cast out of Judah, shall for ever dwell with the antichristian apostates (of whom Babylon is the type), who shall reap the fruit of it, which they deserve.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 To build it a house in the land of Shinar - The land of Shinar means Babylon; and Babylon means Rome, in the Apocalypse. The building the house for the woman imprisoned in the ephah may signify, that there should be a long captivity under the Romans, as there was under that of Shinar or Babylon, by which Rome may here be represented. That house remains to the present day: the Jewish woman is still in the ephah; it is set on its own base - continues still as a distinct nation; and the talent of lead - God's displeasure - is still on the top. O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 5:5-11

In this vision the prophet sees an ephah, something in the shape of a corn measure. This betokened the Jewish nation. They are filling the measure of their iniquity; and when it is full, they shall be delivered into the hands of those to whom God sold them for their sins. The woman sitting in the midst of the ephah represents the sinful church and nation of the Jews, in their latter and corrupt age. Guilt is upon…

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Zechariah 5:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laito meH413
לִבְנֽוֹת\־Liv.not-to buildH1129
לָ֥הֿlahfor it
בַ֖יִתVa.yita houseH1004
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776
שִׁנְעָ֑רshin.'ArShinarH8152
וְהוּכַ֛ןve.hu.Khanand it will be preparedH3559
וְהֻנִּ֥יחָהve.hu.Ni.chahand it will be placedH5117
שָּׁ֖םshamthereH8033
עַל\־'al-onH5921
מְכֻנָתָֽהּ\׃\ \סme.khu.na.Tahon own stand itsH4369

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Cross references for Zechariah 5:11

  • Genesis 11:2

    And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

  • Genesis 10:10

    And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

  • Daniel 1:2

    And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

  • Genesis 14:1

    And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

  • Isaiah 11:11

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  • Jeremiah 29:28

    For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

  • Luke 21:24

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

  • Hosea 3:4

    For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

  • Deuteronomy 28:59

    Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

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To.
De 28:59; Jer 29:28; Ho 3:4; Lu 21:24
the land.
Ge 10:10; 11:2; 14:1; Isa 11:11; Da 1:2

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Context

  • Zechariah 5:10

    Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

  • Zechariah 5:11

    And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

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Zechariah 5:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y él me respondió: Para que le sea edificada casa en tierra de Shinar: y será asentado y puesto allá sobre su asiento.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il me dit: Pour lui bâtir une maison dans le pays de Shinhar; et là elle sera fixée et posée sur sa base.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er sprach zu mir: Um ihm ein Haus zu bauen im Lande Sinear; und ist dieses aufgerichtet, so wird es daselbst auf seine Stelle niedergesetzt werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixit ad me: Ut ædificetur ei domus in terra Sennaar, et stabiliatur, et ponatur ibi super basem suam.