Zechariah 5

The Vision of the Flying Scroll

1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. Parallel theme: Zechariah 5:2, Isaiah 8:1

2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. Curse: Isaiah 24:6, 43:28, Jeremiah 26:6, Malachi 4:6. Parallel theme: Zechariah 5:4, Exodus 20:15, Leviticus 19:12, Isaiah 48:1, Jeremiah 5:2, James 5:12 +5

4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty. of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. References Lord: Proverbs 3:33, Malachi 3:5. Parallel theme: Deuteronomy 7:26, Job 18:15

The Vision of the Woman in the Basket

5 Then the angelAngel: מַלְאָךְ (Mal'akh). The Hebrew mal'akh (מַלְאָךְ) means angel or messenger—a heavenly being sent by God. Angels serve as God's messengers, worship Him, and minister to believers (Hebrews 1:14). that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. Parallel theme: Zechariah 1:9

6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. Parallel theme: Amos 8:5

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

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.

9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavenHeaven: שָׁמַיִם (Shamayim). The Hebrew shamayim (שָׁמַיִם) means heaven or sky—God's dwelling place and the realm above earth. 'The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's' (Psalm 115:16), yet 'the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him' (1 Kings 8:27).. Parallel theme: Deuteronomy 28:49, Hosea 8:1

10 Then said I to the angelAngel: מַלְאָךְ (Mal'akh). The Hebrew mal'akh (מַלְאָךְ) means angel or messenger—a heavenly being sent by God. Angels serve as God's messengers, worship Him, and minister to believers (Hebrews 1:14). that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base. Parallel theme: Genesis 10:10, 11:2, 14:1, Isaiah 11:11, Jeremiah 29:28, Daniel 1:2, Hosea 3:4, Luke 21:24 +3