Zacharie 5:6 BDS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 5:5-11

The foregoing vision was very plain and easy, but in this are things dark and hard to be understood; and some think that the scope of it is to foretel the final destruction of the Jewish church and nation and the dispersion of the Jews, when, by crucifying Christ and persecuting his gospel, they should have filled up the measure of their iniquities; therefore it is industriously set out in obscure figures and expressions, ?lest the plain denunciation of the second overthrow of temple and state... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 5:6

And I said, What is it ?.... After he had lifted up his eyes and seen it, he desires to know both what it was, and what was the meaning of it: and he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth ; which was a measure much in use with the Jews, Exodus 16:36 it is the same with the "bath", and held above seven wine gallons. The Targum interprets this of such who dealt in false measures, whose sin is exposed, and their punishment set forth; but rather it designs the measure of iniquity... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 5:6

This is an ephah that goeth forth - This, among the Jews, was the ordinary measure of grain. The woman in the ephah is supposed to represent Judea, which shall be visited for its sins; the talent of lead on the ephah, within which the woman was enclosed, the wrath of God, bending down this culprit nation, in the measure of its sins; for the angel said, "This is wickedness;" that is, the woman represents the mass of iniquity of this nation. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 5:6

Verse 6 Then the angel answered, This is the measure that goes forth, and this is their eye in all the earth. By saying that the measure is their eye, he no doubt means that the ungodly could not thus be carried away at their own pleasure, but that God restrained them whenever it seemed good to him; for they could not escape his sight. For by their eyes he understands passively the power of seeing in God, by which he notices all the sins of the ungodly, that he may check them when he pleases,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:5-11

§ 9. The seventh vision: the woman in the ephah. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:5-11

Worldliness in the Church. I. SADLY PREVALENT . "This is their eye"—what they mind and what they lust after. There is a climax. First two classes of sinners are figured, next one great indistinguishable mass. Then "wickedness" is personified, as one woman. This teaches how worldliness is: 1 . Common. 2 . Absorbing. 3 . Debasing—corrupting all that is beautiful and fair. II. SPECIALLY OFFENSIVE . Bad in the world; infinitely worse in the Church. 1 . Opposed to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

What is it? The prophet did not clearly discern the object, or his question may mean, "What does it signify?" An ephah; the ephah, as "the curse" ( Zechariah 5:3 ). The ephah was the largest of the dry measures in use among the Jews, and was equal to six or seven gallons. It was, of course, too small to contain a woman. The LXX . calls it simply "the measure;" the Vulgate, amphora; and it must be considered as an imaginary vessel of huge size. It may have a tacit reference to... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:6

This is the ephah that goeth forth - Theodoret: “We too are taught by this, that the Lord of all administers all things in weight and measure. So, foretelling to Abraham that his seed should be a sojourner and the cause thereof, He says, “for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full” Genesis 15:16, that is, they have not yet committed sins enough to merit entire destruction, wherefore I cannot yet endure to give them over to the slaughter, but will wait for the measure of their iniquity.”... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 5:5-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 5:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 5:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 5:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 5:6-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 5:6

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