And he said; the angel unfolds the riddle. This, this woman that sits in the ephah, represents the sinful nation of the Jews, is emblem of their wickedness. Is wickedness, in the abstract, to express the greatness of the Jews wickedness, they will grow up to be most wicked. He cast it; the angel cast down this woman, wickedness, from the seat she sat on, Malachi 5:7. And he east the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof; and now she is down the weight of lead, which she can never lift up, or remove, is laid upon the mouth of the ephah, she is shut up, as in a prison, to suffer the punishment of all her sins. This is their resemblance.
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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.