the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Zechariah 5:7
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A lid made of lead was lifted off the bucket, and there was a woman in the bucket.
And behold, a lead cover was lifted up." He continued, "And this is a woman sitting inside the ephah."
Then the lid made of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
(and, look, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.
And behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this [is] a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
(and behold, a [round, flat] lead cover was lifted up); and there sat a woman inside the ephah."
And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!
(and, behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah basket."
And lo! a talent of leed was borun; and lo! a womman sittynge in myddil of the pot.
(and behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead:) and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.
And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
The lead cover of the basket was opened, and in the basket was a woman.
(and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.
And I saw a round cover of lead lifted up; and a woman was seated in the middle of the ephah.
Next I saw a lead disc lifted up to reveal a woman sitting in the eifah.
And behold, there was lifted up a round plate of lead; and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
and, behold, there was lifted up a round piece of lead--and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the measure.'
And behold, there was lift vp a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the Ephah.
Then the heavy lead cover was lifted off the basket, and there was a woman sitting inside it.
Then the lead cover was lifted up, and there was a woman sitting in the large basket.
Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!
And beholde, there was lift vp a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the middes of the Ephah.
And behold, a talent of lead was lifted up, and a woman was sitting in the midst of the ephah.
And lo! a leaden disc uplifted, - and here a certain woman, sitting inside the ephah.
And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.
And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the ephah!
And behold, there was lyft vp a talent of lead: and lo, a woman sate in the middest of the measure.
And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold a woman sat in the midst of the measure.
The basket had a lid made of lead. As I watched, the lid was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman!
Then a lead cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
(and, behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the efah basket."
And look, the lead cover was lifted and a woman was sitting inside the basket.
And, behold, a lead cover was lifted up, and a woman was sitting in the middle of the ephah.
And lo, a cake of lead lifted up; and this [is] a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.'
And beholde, there was lift vp a talent of leade: & lo, a woman sat in the myddest of the measure.
Then the lid made of lead was removed from the basket—and there was a woman sitting in it!
Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket.
Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket";
(and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah."
(and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
talent: or, weighty piece, Isaiah 13:1, Isaiah 15:1, Isaiah 22:11
is: Jeremiah 3:1, Jeremiah 3:2, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 23:1-49, Hosea 1:1 - Hosea 3:5, Revelation 17:1-18
Reciprocal: Exodus 25:39 - talent Zechariah 5:8 - the weight Mark 14:22 - this Luke 22:19 - is my
Gill's Notes on the 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 three thousand shekels, as may be gathered from Exodus 38:24 and weighed a hundred and twenty five pounds a; or, as others, a hundred and twenty b, and, according to the more exact account of Dr. Arbuthnot, a hundred and thirteen pounds, ten ounces, one pennyweight, and ten and two seventh grains of our Troy weight. A Babylonish talent, according to Aelianus c, weighed seventy two Attic pounds; and an Attic mina, or pound, weighed a hundred drachmas; so that it was of the weight of seven thousand two hundred such drachmas. An Alexandrian talent was equal to twelve thousand Attic drachmas; and these the same with a hundred and twenty five Roman libras or pounds; which talent is supposed to be the same with that of Moses. The Roman talent contained seventy two Italic minas, which were the same with the Roman libras d. But since the Hebrew word "cicar" signifies anything plain, and what is extended like a cake, as Arias Montanus observes e, it may here intend a plate of lead, which was laid over the mouth of the "ephah", as a lid unto it; though indeed it is afterwards called
אבן עופרת, "a stone of lead", and so seems to design a weight.
And this [is] a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah; who, in Zechariah 5:8, is called "wickedness"; and here represented by a "woman", because, say some, the woman was first in the transgression; or rather because sin is flattering and deceitful, and draws into the commission of it, and so to ruin: and this woman, wickedness, intends wicked men; all the wicked among the Jews, and even all the wicked of the world; who sit in the "ephah", very active and busy in filling up the measure of their sins, and where they sit with great pleasure and delight; very openly and visibly declare their sin, as Sodom, and hide it not; in a very proud and haughty manner, with great boldness and impudence, and in great security, without any concern about a future state, promising themselves impunity here and hereafter. This woman is a very lively emblem of the whore of Rome, sitting as a queen upon many waters; ruling over kings and princes; living deliciously, and in great ease and pleasure filling up the measure of her sins. Kimchi interprets this woman of the ten tribes, who wickedly departed from God, and were as one kingdom.
a Epiphanius de Mensuris & Ponderibus. b Hebraei apud Buxtorf. Lex. Heb. in rad. ככר. c Var. Hist. l. 1. c. 22. d See Prideaux's Preface to Connexion, &c. vol. 1. p. 18, 19, &c. e Ephron, sive de Siclo, prope finem.
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 is obviously an undefined mass, though circular , corresponding to the Ephah. The Ephah too was the largest Hebrew measure, whose compass cannot now, with certainty, be ascertained . Both probably were, in the vision, ideal. Theodoret: “Holy Scripture calleth the punishment of sin, lead, as being by nature heavy. This the divine David teacheth us, “mine iniquities are gone over my head: as an heavy burden, they are too heavy for me” Psalms 38:4. The divine Zechariah seeth sin under the image of a woman; for most evils are engendered by luxury. But he seeth the punishment, like most heavy lead, lying upon the mouth of iniquity, according to a Psalm, “all iniquity shall stop her mouth” Psalms 107:42. Ambr. in Psalms 35:0. n. 9. Opp. i. 769: “Iniquity, as with a talent of lead, weighs down the conscience.”
This is a woman - Literally, “one woman,” all sin being concentrated and personified in one, as he goes on to speak of her as the, personified, wickedness. The sitting may represent her abiding tranquil condition in her sins, according to the climax in Psalms 1:1-6, “and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful” Psalms 1:1; and, “thou sittest and speakest against thy brother” Psalms 50:20; (Lap.), “not standing as by the way, but sitting, as if of set purpose, of custom and habit.” “Whoso hath peace in sins is not far from lying down in them, so that, oppressed by a spirit of slumber, he neither sees light, nor feels any blow, but is kept down by the leaden talent of his obduracy.”
