Zechariah 5:7

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

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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...
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....
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...
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.
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 t...
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 d...
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A talent of lead ] lit. 'a circle or round piece of lead,' the heavy lid of the ephah. The later use of the word is 'talent,' a Jewish weight somewh...
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 record...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Talent. — Better, disc. The construction of these verses is rather difficult. They should be taken as the words of the angel-interpreter, and be...
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 TH...
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 o...
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 consid...
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...
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,...
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 li...
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 s...
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 bless...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Ephah. B. C. 520. ...
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...
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 fa...
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...
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 brea...
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,...
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....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision of the Woman in the Ephah
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead, a great round piece, weighing about a hundred pounds; and this is a woman that sitteth in the mid...
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 17:1-1...
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...

⁷ And, behold, there was lifted up a talentb of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 5:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zechariah 5:7