Bible Commentaries
Zechariah 5

Introduction

Overview

Zechariah 5:1, By the flying roll is shewn the curse of thieves and swearers; Zechariah 5:5, and by a woman pressed in an ephah the final judgment of wickedness.

Verse 1

roll: Zechariah 5:2, Isaiah 8:1, Jeremiah 36:1-6, Jeremiah 36:20-24, Jeremiah 36:27-32, Ezekiel 2:9, Ezekiel 2:10, Revelation 5:1-14, Revelation 10:2, Revelation 10:8-11

Reciprocal: Isaiah 9:8 - sent a word Jeremiah 36:4 - upon Daniel 8:3 - I lifted Habakkuk 2:9 - that coveteth an evil covetousness Zechariah 1:18 - lifted Zechariah 5:5 - Lift Zechariah 6:1 - I turned

Verse 2

What: Zechariah 4:2, Jeremiah 1:11-14, Amos 7:8

flying: Zephaniah 1:14, 2 Peter 2:3

the length: Genesis 6:11-13, Revelation 18:5

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 24:3 - What Ezekiel 47:6 - hast thou Amos 8:2 - Amos Zechariah 5:1 - roll

Verse 3

the curse: Deuteronomy 11:28, Deuteronomy 11:29, Deuteronomy 27:15-26, Deuteronomy 28:15-68, Deuteronomy 29:19-28, Psalms 109:17-20, Proverbs 3:33, Isaiah 24:6, Isaiah 43:28, Jeremiah 26:6, Daniel 9:11, Malachi 3:9, Malachi 4:6, Matthew 25:41, Galatians 3:10-13, Hebrews 6:6-8, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15

the face: Luke 21:35

every one: etc. or, every one of this people that stealeth, holdeth himself guiltless, as it doth. stealeth. Exodus 20:15, Proverbs 29:24, Proverbs 30:9, Jeremiah 7:9, Hosea 4:2, Malachi 3:8-10, 1 Corinthians 6:7-9, Ephesians 4:28, James 5:4

sweareth: Zechariah 5:4, Zechariah 8:17, Leviticus 19:12, Isaiah 48:1, Jeremiah 5:2, Jeremiah 23:10, Ezekiel 17:13-16, Malachi 3:5, Matthew 5:33-37, Matthew 23:16-22, 1 Timothy 1:9, James 5:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 41:56 - the face Leviticus 19:11 - shall not Numbers 5:24 - General Deuteronomy 28:17 - General Joshua 9:20 - lest wrath 2 Kings 5:24 - and bestowed Nehemiah 5:13 - So God Job 11:14 - let not Job 22:23 - thou shalt Psalms 24:4 - sworn Psalms 37:22 - cut off Proverbs 15:27 - He that is Proverbs 21:7 - destroy them Ecclesiastes 9:2 - feareth Ezekiel 17:16 - whose oath Amos 3:10 - who Micah 6:10 - the treasures Matthew 26:72 - with Mark 11:21 - General Acts 1:20 - Let his 1 Corinthians 6:9 - unrighteous

Verse 4

and it shall remain: Leviticus 14:34-45, Deuteronomy 7:26, Job 18:15, Job 20:26, Proverbs 3:33, Habakkuk 2:9-11, James 5:2, James 5:3

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:15 - General Leviticus 6:3 - sweareth Leviticus 14:35 - a plague Leviticus 14:44 - General Leviticus 19:11 - shall not Leviticus 19:12 - ye shall Numbers 5:24 - General Deuteronomy 28:17 - General Joshua 7:11 - among Joshua 9:20 - lest wrath Judges 11:10 - if we do 2 Kings 5:24 - and bestowed Nehemiah 5:13 - So God Job 11:14 - let not Job 21:28 - Where Job 22:23 - thou shalt Psalms 24:4 - sworn Psalms 37:22 - cut off Proverbs 10:22 - he Proverbs 14:11 - house Proverbs 15:27 - He that is Proverbs 20:21 - but Proverbs 21:7 - destroy them Ecclesiastes 9:2 - feareth Isaiah 24:6 - hath Jeremiah 5:2 - though Jeremiah 7:9 - steal Jeremiah 17:11 - he that Jeremiah 23:10 - because Ezekiel 17:16 - whose oath Amos 3:10 - who Micah 6:10 - the treasures Haggai 1:6 - with holes Zechariah 5:3 - sweareth Zechariah 8:17 - love Zechariah 9:1 - the rest Malachi 3:5 - the sorcerers Matthew 26:72 - with Mark 11:21 - General Acts 1:20 - Let his Acts 8:20 - Thy 1 Timothy 1:10 - perjured

Verse 5

the angel: Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 1:14, Zechariah 1:19, Zechariah 2:3, Zechariah 4:5

Lift: Zechariah 5:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:16 - not Isaiah 24:20 - and it Jeremiah 24:3 - What Ezekiel 8:5 - lift Daniel 8:3 - I lifted Amos 8:2 - Amos Zechariah 1:18 - lifted Zechariah 6:4 - unto

Verse 6

This is an ephah: "The meaning of this vision," says Archbishop Newcome, "seems to be, that the Babylonish captivity had happened on account of the wickedness of the Jews, and that a like dispersion would befall them if they relapsed into like crimes." The woman who sat in the ephah was an emblem of the Jewish nation; the casting the weight of lead on the mouth of the ephah seems to mean the condemnation of the Jews, after they had filled up the measure of their iniquities by crucifying the Messiah; the "two women, with wings like a stork, and the wind in their wings," seem emblematical of the Roman armies and the rapidity of their conquests; and their lifting up the ephah and carrying it through the air, to build it a house in Shinar or Babylon, where it was fixed on its own basis, represents the taking of Jerusalem, the dispersion of the Jews, and the long continuance of that calamity, as a just punishment of their unbelief. Ezekiel 44:10, Ezekiel 44:11, Amos 8:5

Reciprocal: Amos 8:2 - Amos Zechariah 4:4 - What Zechariah 6:4 - unto Matthew 23:32 - the measure 1 Thessalonians 2:16 - to fill Revelation 14:15 - ripe

Verse 7

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

Verse 8

This: Genesis 15:16, Matthew 23:32, 1 Thessalonians 2:16

the weight: Zechariah 5:7, Psalms 38:4, Proverbs 5:22, Lamentations 1:14, Amos 9:1-4

Reciprocal: Isaiah 64:6 - our iniquities Luke 22:19 - is my

Verse 9

for: Deuteronomy 28:49, Daniel 9:26, Daniel 9:27, Hosea 8:1, Matthew 24:28

Reciprocal: Job 39:13 - wings and feathers unto the Daniel 8:3 - I lifted Hosea 4:19 - wind Zechariah 1:18 - lifted

Verse 10

Reciprocal: Zechariah 2:2 - Whither Zechariah 6:4 - unto

Verse 11

unto: Deuteronomy 28:59, Jeremiah 29:28, Hosea 3:4, Luke 21:24

the land: Genesis 10:10, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 14:1, Isaiah 11:11, Daniel 1:2