스가랴 5:7-9 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:5-11

A materialistic community. "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. And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth," etc. Here is another (the seventh) vision in the wonderful series of visions which the prophet had that night. This is one of the strangest of the whole, one, perhaps, admitting of no certain interpretation—a " woman in the ephah." We know what an "ephah" was. It... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:6-11

The vindication of Law. "Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes," etc. The last vision was one of warning. This, as we take it, is one of judgment. The subject appears, however, to be the same. What the prophet previously dreaded and threatened he now describes as fulfilled. In other words, in a mystical fashion, and in language only partially understood by himself, he foretells how the warning just uttered by him would be, on the one hand, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:7

There was lifted up a talent of lead. As the prophet gazed, the leaden cover of the ephah was raised, so that the contents became visible. The word rendered "talent" ( kikkar ) denotes a circle. It is used in Genesis 13:10 , Genesis 13:12 , for the tract of country of which the Jordan was the centre, and in 1 Samuel 2:36 for a round loaf. Here it means a disc or circular plate which formed the cover of the round shaped ephah. In the next verse it is called, "the weight of lead." And... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:8

This is wickedness. This woman is the personification of wickedness. It is very common to find backsliding Israel represented as a faithless and adulterous woman (comp. Isaiah 1:21 ; Jeremiah 2:20 ; Hosea 2:5 ; and the parable of the two women in Ezekiel 23:1-49 .). He cast it; her— the woman. As the woman rose, or tried to rise, from the ephah, the angel flung her down into it. It is possible, as some commentators suppose, that the ephah into which wickedness is thrust... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:9

Then lifted I up mine eyes. This is the conclusion of the vision. And looked; and saw. There came out ( forth ) two women. These two women who now come in sight have been supposed to represent the Assyrians and Babylonians, who wore the agents in the deportation of Israel; or else are considered abettors of the woman in the ephah, who for a time save her from destruction. This latter supposition proceeds on the erroneous idea that wickedness is herein rescued from punishment,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:7

And behold there was lifted up a talent of lead - the heaviest Hebrew weight, elsewhere of gold or silver; the golden talent weighing, 1,300,000 grains; the silver, 660,000; here, being lead, it is obviously an undefined mass, though circular , corresponding to the Ephah. The Ephah too was the largest Hebrew measure, whose compass cannot now, with certainty, be ascertained . Both probably were, in the vision, ideal. Theodoret: “Holy Scripture calleth the punishment of sin, lead, as being by... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:8

And cast her into the midst of the Ephah - As yet then the measure was not full. Ribera: “She had the lower part within the Ephah, but the upper, especially the head, without. Though the Jews had slain the prophets and done many grievous things, the greatest sin of all remained to be done. But when they had crucified Christ and persecuted the Apostles and the Gospel, the measure was full; she was wholly within the Ephah, no part remained without, so that the measure was filled.”And he cast the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:9

There came out two women - It may be that there may be no symbol herein, but that he names women because it was a woman who was so carried; yet their wings were the wings of an unclean bird, strong, powerful, borne by a force not their own; with their will, since they flew; beyond their will, since the wind was in their wings; rapidly, inexorably, irresistibly, they flew and bore the Ephah between heaven and earth. No earthly power could reach or rescue it. God would not. It may be that evil... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 5:5-8

Zechariah 5:5-8. The angel that talked with me went forth Or rather, went on, as the verb יצא often signifies; (see 2 Chronicles 21:19; Jeremiah 25:32;) and so it may signify at the end of this verse, and in the next, where it occurs again. And I said, What is it? What does this signify, or, what thing is this? And he said, This is an ephah An ephah was a measure containing somewhat less than our bushel, and consequently too small for a woman to sit in; we must therefore understand... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 5:9-11

Zechariah 5:9-11. Then lifted I up mine eyes, &c. Great difficulties attend the interpretation of this part of the vision, and commentators are much divided upon it. According to Calmet, the woman enclosed in the ephah denoted the iniquity of Babylon; the mass of lead which fell down upon her was the vengeance of the Lord; and the two women who lifted her up into the air were the Medes and Persians, who destroyed the empire of Babylon. Houbigant, however, observes, “that nobody has yet... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:6-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 5:5-8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 5:9-11

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