스가랴 5:9 KRV

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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-11

Assurance of final victory (5:1-6:8)Previously God gave a promise that the Messiah will remove sin from the land (see 3:9b). This will come either through forgiveness (in the case of those who repent) or destruction (in the case of those who continue in their sin). This latter judgment is now pictured in the vision of a huge flying scroll that announces God’s judgment on all those who choose to ignore God’s law. No one has any excuse, because the scroll is large enough for all to read and it... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 5:9

two women . Perhaps denoting two nations. wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . like the wings of a stork. Evidently a symbol of velocity rather than of character. stork. An unclean bird, fond of its young, and a bird of passage. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 5:9

"Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold there came forth two women; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven."The purpose of the appearance of these two women was that of removing "Wickedness" to Babylon (the land of Shinar). Here again we are confronted with the most radically different interpretations of who are represented by these women, and of their character, whether evil or righteous. "Kohler finds in them the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 5:9

Zechariah 5:9. Then lifted I up mine eyes— There are great difficulties in explaining this part of the vision, and commentators are very much divided upon it. Calmet says, that the woman inclosed 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 in the air, were the Medes and Persians, who destroyed the empire of Babylon. Houbigant however observes, that nobody has yet found out, nor ever... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:9

9. The agents to carry away the "woman" are, consistently with the image, "women." God makes the wicked themselves the agents of punishing and removing wickedness. "Two" are employed, as one is not enough to carry such a load [MAURER]. Or, the Assyrians and Babylonians, who carried away idolatry in the persons, respectively, of Israel and Judah [HENDERSON]. As two "anointed ones" ( :-) stand by the Lord as His ministers, so two winged women execute His purpose here in removing the embodiment of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 5:5-11

G. The woman in the basket 5:5-11The preceding vision described the future removal of individual sinners from the land through divine judgment, and this one pictures the eventual removal of all wickedness from the future "holy land" (Zechariah 2:12; cf. Zechariah 3:9)."In line with the scope of all eight of Zechariah’s night visions, the fulfilment [sic] of this likewise extends into the millennial kingdom. Nevertheless the immediate application of the vision to the prophet’s time and to the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 5:9

The prophet next saw two other women flying through the air with stork wings. Perhaps they were women and not men because of the motherly attention they brought to their task. [Note: Merrill, p. 175.] Storks are strong, motherly birds that are capable of carrying loads a long distance in flight. They were common in Palestine in the spring months when they migrated to Europe (Jeremiah 8:7). [Note: Smith, p. 211.] The word "stork" (Heb. sida) means "faithful one." These women would faithfully... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 5:1-11

The Sixth and Seventh Visions1-4. A flying roll inscribed with curses comes down upon the earth. The previous visions had promised many blessings to the people; and the sixth and seventh teach that wickedness will be removed from the land; for if evil still remained, the blessings would be worthless. The first part of this process consists in the punishment of evildoers. The flying roll signifies the sin of the evildoer coming home to roost.5-11. The Seventh Vision: A woman (typifying the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 5:1-11

A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15, the Prophet Haggai received the revelation contained in Haggai 2:10-23. On the four-and-twentieth day of the eleventh month, just five months after the re-building of the Temple was resumed, Zechariah sees a succession of seven visions in one night, followed by a symbolic action (Zechariah 6:9-15). read more