And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an [a]Ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is the [b]sight of them through all the earth.

And behold, there was lifted up a [c]talent of lead: and this is a [d]woman that sitteth in the midst of the Ephah.

And he said, This is [e]wickedness, and he cast it into the midst of the Ephah, and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:6 Which was a measure in dry things, containing about ten pottels.
  2. Zechariah 5:6 That is, all the wickedness of the ungodly is in God’s sight, which he keepeth in a measure, and can shut it or open it at his pleasure.
  3. Zechariah 5:7 To cover the measure.
  4. Zechariah 5:7 Which representeth iniquity, as in the next verse.
  5. Zechariah 5:8 Signifying, that Satan should not have such power against the Jews to tempt them, as he had in time past, but that God would shut up iniquity in a measure as in a prison.

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