Zechariah 5:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

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

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...
Zechariah 5:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I said, What [is] it? And he said, This [is] an (e) ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This [is] their (f) resemblance through all the earth. (e) Which was a measure in dry things, contai...
Zechariah 5:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Transference to Babylonia of Judah's Guilt ( i.e. the cause of calamity). For their resemblance ( Zechariah 5:6 ) read with LXX their iniquity ( mg.) or rather their guilt. By the transferenc...
Zechariah 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

This. Hebrew. zoth . Feminine. Singular. ephah. See App-51., resemblance . aspect. Heb eye. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for their Look: i.e. appearance, or colour,...
Zechariah 5:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 thu...
Zechariah 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. This is an ephah that goeth forth - This, among the Je...
Zechariah 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

This is an ephah that goeth forth— The ephah that is going forth. An ephah was a dry measure containing somewhat less than our bushel, consequently too small for a woman to sit in; we must theref...
Zechariah 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Wickedness and idolatry removed from the Holy Land to Babylon, t...
Zechariah 5:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sixth and Seventh Visions 1-4. 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 th...
Zechariah 5:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 Pro...
Zechariah 5:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7-21 ; Zechariah 2:1-13 ; Zechariah 3:1-10 ; Zechariah 4:1-14 ; Zechariah 5:1-11 ; Zechariah 6:1-8 THE Visions of Zechariah do not lack those large and...
Zechariah 5:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Vision of the Flying Roll Zechariah 5:1-11 This huge sheet of parchment, 30 by 15 feet, was covered with the solemn curses of the Law, on one side against the thief and on the other against...
Zechariah 5:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The vision of the flying roll represents the principle of law as it will be administered by Israel when she fulfils the true ideal. It must be considered as a sequence following the realization of th...
Zechariah 5:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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. (6) And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth f...
Zechariah 5:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 ;...
Zechariah 5:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 6. And I said, What is it? ] i.e. What meane...
Zechariah 5:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The angel that talked with me went forth Or rather, went on , as the verb יצא often signifies; (see 2 Chronicles 21:19 ; Jeremiah 25:32 ;) and so it may signify at the end of this verse, and in...
Zechariah 5:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Sixth Vision - A Flying Scroll (vv. 1-4) The five previous visions have beautifully emphasized the grace of God in His restoring great blessing to Israel after years of sorrow and desolation...
Zechariah 5:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Ephah. B. C. 520. 5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, a...
Zechariah 5:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And I said, What is it? Zechariah knew not what this was tie saw, so far was. he from knowing what it meant. And he, the angel, said, This is an ephah; the greatest, say some, of measures with...
Zechariah 5:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Seventh Vision. The Woman in the Measuring Vessel - Idolatry to be Removed From the Land ( Zechariah 5:5-11 ). Not only must dishonesty and false witness be removed from the land, so also must...
Zechariah 5:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 5:5 .] Seventh vision. Wickedness driven from Judah to mingle with its kindred elements in Babylon. Zechariah 5:6 . Ephah ] A familiar dry measure, denoting unjust...
Zechariah 5:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

What is it In the vision of the ephah local and prophetic elements are to be distinguished. The elements are: an ephah or measure; a woman in the ephah; a sealing weight upon the mouth of the...
Zechariah 5:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 5:2 . What seest thou? I see a flying roll. Hebrews meghilla, a parchment, a terrific scroll, twenty cubits in length, and ten in breadth, an oblong in measure like the courts of the t...
Zechariah 5:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

And this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah The woman in the ephah This vision, like the preceding, is of a warning character, and somewhat more obscure in its symbolical appara...
Zechariah 5:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Zechariah 5:1-38 § 8. The sixth vision: the flying roll. Zechariah 5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes; i.e. I lifted up mine eyes again, and saw the vision th...
Zechariah 5:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision of the Woman in the Ephah
Zechariah 5:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:5 ; Ezekiel 44:10 ; Ezekiel 44:11
Zechariah 5:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He — The angel. An ephah — A measure which held about three bushels. Goeth forth — Out of the temple. Their resemblance — This is an emblem of this people everywhere. Thus there is limited time and...

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

Zechariah 5:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Zechariah 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 5:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zechariah 5:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zechariah 5:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zechariah 5:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 5:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zechariah 5:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zechariah 5:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

Zechariah 5:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 5:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zechariah 5:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zechariah 5:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zechariah 5:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 5:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes