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Zechariah 5 Summary
The Flying Roll and the Woman in the Ephah
Zechariah sees a flying roll twenty cubits long and ten cubits broad, representing a curse going forth over all the earth that will enter the houses of thieves and those who swear falsely by God's name. Then he sees an ephah (a measure), and a woman called Wickedness sitting inside it. Two women with stork-like wings lift up the ephah and carry it to build a house for it in the land of Shinar.
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Zechariah 5:3-4
“Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.”
Zechariah 5:6-8
“And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.”
Zechariah 5:9-11
“Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.”
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