Zechariah 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

wickedness. the lawless [one]. Hebrew. rasha', App-44. Adjective, feminine, singular. the embodiment of the principle of lawlessness. The religions aspect of 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12.Revelation 17.

it: i.e. the talent, which had been "lifted up "for the prophet to see, and then cast back "into" the ephah.

weight. stone; i.e. weight. This was "upon" the ephah, and is to be distinguished from the "talent", which was within.

Zechariah 5:8

8 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.