Zechariah 5:8
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New International Version (©1984)
He said, "This is wickedness," and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed the lead cover down over its mouth.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The angel said, "The woman's name is Wickedness," and he pushed her back into the basket and closed the heavy lid again.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then he said, "This is Wickedness!" And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its opening.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The angel said, "This is wickedness," and he pushed her back into the basket and forced the lead cover down on top of it.

King James Bible
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.

American King James Version
And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the middle of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead on the mouth thereof.

American Standard Version
And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Bible in Basic English
And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Darby Bible Translation
And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

English Revised Version
And he said, This is Wickedness; and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah: and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its mouth.

World English Bible
He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, 'This is the wicked woman.' And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth.

Geneva Study Bible

And he said, This is {i} wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its mouth.

(i) Signifying that Satan would not have such power against the Jews to tempt them, as he had in times past, but that God would shut up iniquity in a measure as in a prison.

Wesley's Notes

5:8 This - This woman represents the wickedness of the Jews. He cast it - The angel cast down this woman. On the mouth - And so shut her up, to suffer the punishment of all her sins.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

8. wickedness-literally, "the wickedness": implying wickedness in its peculiar development. Compare "the man of sin," 2Th 2:3.

cast it-that is, her, Wickedness, who had moved more freely while the heavy lid was partially lifted off.

weight-literally, "stone," that is, round mass.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

5:5-11 In this vision the prophet sees an ephah, something in the shape of a corn measure. This betokened the Jewish nation. They are filling the measure of their iniquity; and when it is full, they shall be delivered into the hands of those to whom God sold them for their sins. The woman sitting in the midst of the ephah represents the sinful church and nation of the Jews, in their latter and corrupt age. Guilt is upon the sinner as a weight of lead, to sink him to the lowest hell. This seems to mean the condemnation of the Jews, after they filled the measure of their iniquities by crucifying Christ and rejecting his gospel. Zechariah sees the ephah, with the woman thus pressed in it, carried away to some far country. This intimates that the Jews should be hurried out of their own land, and forced to dwell in far countries, as they had been in Babylon. There the ephah shall be firmly placed, and their sufferings shall continue far longer than in their late captivity. Blindness is happened unto Israel, and they are settled upon their own unbelief. Let sinners fear to treasure up wrath against the day of wrath; for the more they multiply crimes, the faster the measure fills.


Hosea 12:7 A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, He loves to oppress.
Amos 8:5 saying, "When will the new moon be over, So that we may sell grain, And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market, To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales,
Micah 6:11 "Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights? (NASB ©1995)

Basket Cast Casteth Cover Ephah Lead Measure Middle Midst Mouth Opening Pushed Pushing Sin Thereof Threw Thrust Weight Wicked Wickedness


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.

This. Ge 15:16 Mt 23:32 1Th 2:16

the weight. 7 Ps 38:4 Pr 5:22 La 1:14 Am 9:1-4

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