Zechariah 5:6
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And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth.

This is an ephah.

Ezekiel 44:10,11 Moreover the Levites that went away far from me, when the children of Israel went astray, and have wandered from me after their idols, and have borne their iniquity: . . .

Amos 8:5 Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,

Context
The Vision of the Woman in a Basket
5And the angel went forth that spoke in me, and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what this is, that goeth forth. 6And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth.7And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.…
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36
Let the balance be just and the weights equal, the bushel just, and the sextary equal. I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Amos 8:5
Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,

Zechariah 5:7
And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.

Lexicon
“What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is it?”
הִ֑יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

I asked.
וָאֹמַ֖ר (wā·’ō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

And he replied,
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“It is
זֹ֤את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

a measuring basket
הָֽאֵיפָה֙ (hā·’ê·p̄āh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 374: Ephah -- an ephah (a measure of grain)

that is approaching.”
הַיּוֹצֵ֔את (hay·yō·w·ṣêṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

Then he continued,
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“This
זֹ֥את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

is their iniquity
עֵינָ֖ם (‘ê·nām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

in all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the land.”
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
“What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “It is a measuring basket that is approaching.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goes forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land;

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the measure that goes forth. And he said, This is their iniquity in all the earth.

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. And he said, This is their resemblance in all the land.

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance in all the land:

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.

I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the ephah basket that is appearing." He said moreover, "This is their appearance in all the land

And I say, 'What is it?' And he saith, 'This -- the ephah that is coming forth.' And he saith, 'This is their aspect in all the land.
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