Zechariah 5:7
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
Zechariah 5:7 in other translations
| BSB | And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket. |
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| WEB | and behold, a lead cover weighing one talent was lifted up—and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah basket.” |
| ASV | (and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah. |
| YLT | And lo, a cake of lead lifted up; and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.' |
| DARBY | And behold, there was lifted up a round plate of lead; and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. |
| BBE | And I saw a round cover of lead lifted up; and a woman was seated in the middle of the ephah. |
| Webster | And behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. |
What does Zechariah 5:7 mean?
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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…
Zechariah 5:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Zechariah 5:7
- Revelation 17:1-18
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: …
- Ezekiel 23:1-49
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. …
- Jeremiah 3:1-2
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord. Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
- Isaiah 15:1
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
- Isaiah 13:1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
- Hosea 1:1-3
The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord. So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
- Isaiah 22:11
Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
- Ezekiel 16:1-63
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. …
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Context
- Zechariah 5:6
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.
- Zechariah 5:7
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
- Zechariah 5:8
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.
Zechariah 5:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y he aquí, traían un talento de plomo, y una mujer estaba asentada en medio de aquel epha. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et voici, un disque de plomb fut soulevé: et il y avait là une femme assise au milieu de l’épha. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und siehe, eine Scheibe von Blei wurde aufgehoben; und da war ein Weib, welches inmitten des Ephas saß. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ecce talentum plumbi portabatur, et ecce mulier una sedens in medio amphoræ. |