Zechariah 5:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And, behold, there was lifted up a talentb of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. ”

Zechariah 5:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And behold there was lifted up a talent of lead - the heaviest Hebrew weight, elsewhere of gold or silver; the golden talent weighing, 1,300,000 grains; the silver, 660,000; here, being lead, it...
Zechariah 5:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And, behold, there was lifted up a (g) talent of lead: and this [is] a (h) woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. (g) To cover the measure. (h) Which represents iniquity, as in the next vers...
Zechariah 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

behold . lo. Figure of speech Asterismos . App-6. talent. See App-51. Hebrew. kikkar, . round disk, evidently fitting the ephah like. lid.
Zechariah 5:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Now the Prophet says that wickedness, when first seen, was in mid air, and in a measure; but at the same time he calls the measure the eye of the ungodly, for though wickedness extends itself t...
Zechariah 5:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
Zechariah 5:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And this is a woman, &c.— And this is one woman who sitteth, &c. This woman denotes the wickedness, or the wicked one, as the angel deciphers it in the next verse. As corrupt societie...
Zechariah 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead ,.... By the angel; since he is afterwards said to cast it upon the mouth of the "ephah". A cicar, or talent of silver, with the Jews, was equal to...
Zechariah 5:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this [is] a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. Ver. 7. And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead ] A lump of lead, the wei...
Zechariah 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Here is another part of this vision. There was lifted up, either lifted up from out of the ephah, or brought thither to cover it, a talent of lead; a large piece of lead of a talent weight, large...
Zechariah 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision of the Woman in the Ephah
Zechariah 5:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 16:1-63 ; Ezekiel 23:1-49 ; Hosea 1:1-3 ; Isaiah 13:1 ; Isaiah 15:1 ; Isaiah 22:11 ; Jeremiah 3:1 ; Jeremiah 3:2 ; Revelation 17:1-18
Zechariah 5:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And behold — Here is another part of this vision. Lifted up — Brought thither to cover it. A talent — A piece of lead of a talent weight, as large as the mouth of the ephah. A woman — A woman, the...

Zechariah 5:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zechariah 5:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 5:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zechariah 5:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zechariah 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zechariah 5:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 5:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zechariah 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 5:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zechariah 5:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 5:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zechariah 5:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zechariah 5:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zechariah 5:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 5:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes