Zechariah 5:11 ESV

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 5:11

it = for her. Hebrew Feminine. Singular. the land of Shinar = Babylonia. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 10:10 ; Genesis 11:2 ; Genesis 14:1 , Genesis 14:9 ). App-92 . Outside the Pentateuch only in Joshua 7:21 .Isaiah 11:11 .Daniel 1:2 . it shall be established = it (i.e. the house, Hebrew, masculine singular) shall be ready (or prepared). Revised Version = when it is prepared. set there = fixed, or settled. Septuagint, and Syriac, rend "they (i.e. the two women) shall settle her there". ... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 5:11

Zechariah 5:11. To build it— To build her her. The woman mentioned Zechariah 5:7-9. A house denotes a fixed and settled habitation, See Jeremiah 29:5. The land of Shinar— That is, the land of Babylon, Genesis 11:2. But this does not necessarily imply, that Babylon would be the scene of the next captivity; but only that the people in case of fresh transgression might expect another severe captivity, like that in Babylon, but of still longer duration. In this manner Egypt is used proverbially for... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:11

11. To build . . . house in . . . Shinar—Babylonia (Genesis 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 (Jeremiah 29:5; Jeremiah 29:28) 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... 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 5:10-11

When Zechariah asked the angel where the two flying women were taking the basket, his interpreter responded that they were taking the woman to the land of Shinar (Babylonia, cf. Genesis 10:10; Genesis 11:2; Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:9)."Shinar, besides taking the theme of Babylon as antagonist back to the very beginning (Genesis 10:10), creating thereby a kind of ’historical inclusio,’ lends a more trans-historical sense to the message." [Note: Merrill, p. 178. Cf. Revelation 14:8; 17:1, 5, 18;... 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

Charles John Ellicott

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

(11) Land of Shinar.—Where mankind had first organised a rebellion against God (Genesis 12:2); it was also the land of the Captivity of the Jews (Babylonia).This vision is a circumstantial symbolisation of the promise given in Zechariah 3:9 : “I will remove the iniquity of the land in one day.” While it is a promise of the remission of the punishment of their iniquity (for in Hebrew, “iniquity” often means punishment), it serves also as an exhortation to the returned exiles to leave in Babylon... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-11

THE SEVENTH VISION: THE WOMAN IN THE BARRELZechariah 5:5-11It is not enough that the curse fly from the land after destroying every criminal. The living principle of sin, the power of temptation, must be covered up and removed. This is the subject of the Seventh Vision.The prophet sees an ephah, the largest vessel in use among the Jews, of more than seven gallons capacity, and round like a barrel. Presently the leaden top is lifted, and the prophet sees a woman inside. This is Wickedness,... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 5:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 5:11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:11

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 5:10-11

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

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

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

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 5:1-11

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