◄ Zechariah 5:6 ►
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Good News Translation
"What is it?" I asked. He replied, "It is a basket, and it stands for the sin of the whole land."

New Revised Standard Version
I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is a basket coming out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”

Contemporary English Version
"I don't know what it is," was my reply. "It's a big basket," he said. "And it shows what everyone in the land has in mind."

New American Bible
I said, “What is it?” And he answered, “This is the basket that is coming.” And he said, “This is their guilt in all the land.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Zechariah 5:5
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