Zecharyah 5
5
1Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and hinei a megillah flying!
2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered: I see a megillah flying; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
3Then said he unto me, This is ha'alah (the curse) that goeth forth over the face of kol ha'aretz; for every ganav that stealeth shall be purged out#5:3 i.e., banished according to what it says on one side of the megillah; and every perjurer that sweareth falsely shall be purged out according to what it says on the other side.#5:3 Ex 20:7,15
4I will send it#5:4 ha'alah, the curse forth, saith Hashem Tzva'os, and it shall enter into the bais haganav, and into the bais of him that sweareth falsely biShmi (by My Name); and it#5:4 ha'alah shall remain inside his bais, and shall destroy it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
5Then the malach that spoke with me came forward, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that cometh into view.
6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the eifah (measuring basket) going out. He said moreover, This is their#5:6 i.e., that of ganavim and perjurors appearance throughout kol ha'aretz.
7And, hinei, there was lifted up a lead cover; and there was an isha (woman) yoshevet (sitting) inside the eifah (measuring basket)!
8And he said, This is HaRishah (The Wickedness). And he pushed her inside the eifah; and he pushed the lead cover over the mouth of the eifah.
9Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, hinei, there came forth two nashim (women), and the ruach (wind) was in their kenafayim (wings); for they had kenafayim (wings) like the kenafayim of a stork: and they lifted up the eifah between ha'aretz and HaShomayim.
10Then said I to the malach that spoke with me, Whither are these taking the eifah?
11And he said unto me, To build it a bais#5:11 i.e., ziggurat in Eretz Shinar (Babylon); and it shall be placed there and set upon its own base.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
FOURTH EDITION © Artists For Israel Intl Inc., 2002-2011, 2021.
Zechariah 5
5
A Vision of a Flying Scroll
1Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying #Jer. 36:2, 28scroll! 2And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying #[See ver. 1 above]scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”#5:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters 3Then he said to me, “This is #[Jer. 29:18; Ezek. 2:9, 10]; See Deut. 29:27 the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who #See Ex. 20:15 steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who #Ex. 20:7; [Eccles. 5:2]swears falsely#5:3 Hebrew lacks falsely (supplied from verse 4) shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. 4I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of #ch. 8:17; Lev. 19:12; Mal. 3:5 him who swears falsely by my name. And #Prov. 3:33 it shall remain in his house and #[Lev. 14:45]consume it, both timber and stones.”
A Vision of a Woman in a Basket
5 # ch. 1:9 Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, #[ver. 1, 9; ch. 6:1]“Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” 6And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is #[Ezek. 45:11]the basket#5:6 Hebrew ephah; also verses 7–11. An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity#5:6 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts eye in all the land.” 7And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! 8And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down #[See ver. 6 above]the leaden weight on its opening.
9Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! #[Hos. 4:19]The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. 10Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” 11He said to me, “To the #See Gen. 11:2land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”
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