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He replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain, and it’s filled with the sins of everyone throughout the land.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/zechariah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the basket that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/zechariah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/zechariah/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I said, What <i>is</i> it? And he said, This <i>is</i> an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This <i>is</i> their resemblance through all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/zechariah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So I asked, “What <i>is</i> it?” And he said, “It <i>is</i> a basket that is going forth.” He also said, “This <i>is</i> their resemblance throughout the earth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/zechariah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I said, “What is it?” Then he said, “This is the ephah going forth.” Again he said, “This is their appearance in all the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/zechariah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I said, &#8220What is it?&#8221 And he said, &#8220This is the ephah going forth.&#8221 Again he said, &#8220This is their appearance in all the land<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/zechariah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the ephah going forth.” Again he said, “This is their appearance in all the land<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/zechariah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the ephah going forth.” Again he said, “This is their appearance in all the land<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/zechariah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the ephah (grain basket) going forth. This,” he continued, “is their appearance throughout the land<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/zechariah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I asked, “What is it? ” He responded, “It’s a measuring basket that is approaching.” And he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/zechariah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I asked, &#8220What is it?&#8221 He responded, &#8220It&#8217s a measuring basket that is approaching.&#8221 And he continued, &#8220This is their iniquity in all the land.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/zechariah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/zechariah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"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." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/zechariah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/zechariah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"What is it?" I asked. "A basket is coming," he said. Then he added, "This is what the people's sins look like all over the earth." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/zechariah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"What is it?" I asked. He replied, "It is a basket, and it stands for the sin of the whole land." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/zechariah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So I asked, "What is it?" He replied, "This is a basket making its appearance." He also said, "This is what it appears to be in the entire land."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/zechariah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?What is it?? I asked. And he replied, ?A measuring basket is going forth.? Then he continued, ?This is their iniquity in all the land.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/zechariah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I asked, "What is it?" And he replied, "It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here." Moreover, he said, "This is their 'eye' throughout all the earth."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/zechariah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And I said, "What is it?" And he said, "This is the ephah basket that is appearing." And he said moreover, "This is their iniquity throughout the land."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/zechariah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/zechariah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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— <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/zechariah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I say, “What [is] it?” And he says, “This—the ephah that is coming forth.” And he says, “This [is] their aspect in all the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/zechariah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/zechariah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And saying, What is it? And he will say to me, This the ephah going forth. And he will say, This their eye in all the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/zechariah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/zechariah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I said, “What, then, is it?” And he said, “This is a container going forth.” And he said, “This is their eye in all the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/zechariah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/zechariah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is a basket coming out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/zechariah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I said, What is it? And he said to me, This is an ephah that goes forth, and in it are the transgressions of the whole earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/zechariah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I said: “What is this?” And he said to me: “This is a measure that goes out, and in it are the debts of all the Earth!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/zechariah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I said: 'What is it?' And he said: 'This is the measure that goeth forth.' He said moreover: 'This is their eye in all the land--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/zechariah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/5-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CFPk_KgOyMk?start=669" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/zechariah/5.htm">The Vision of the Woman in a Basket</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5</span>Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.” <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">“What</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">is it?”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wā·’ō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">I asked.</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">And he replied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">“</a> <a href="/hebrew/374.htm" title="374: hā·’ê·p̄āh (Art:: N-fs) -- An ephah (a measure of grain). Or ephah; of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general.">A measuring basket</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: hay·yō·w·ṣêṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">is going forth.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Then he continued,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">“This</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">is their iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2-3</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-5</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-7.htm">Jeremiah 51:7</a></span><br />Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-7.htm">Isaiah 47:7-9</a></span><br />You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome. / So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’ / These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6-8</a></span><br />Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ / Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey. / Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-16</a></span><br />This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10-11</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.” / And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21-24</a></span><br />Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. / And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm">Jeremiah 50:38-39</a></span><br />A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols. / So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-4.htm">Nahum 3:4-5</a></span><br />because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft. / “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Revelation 18:4-5</a></span><br />Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. / For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-9.htm">Isaiah 21:9</a></span><br />Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">This is an ephah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10,11</a></b></br> And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/8-5.htm">Amos 8:5</a></b></br> Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/1-15.htm">Added</a> <a href="/nahum/2-4.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-5.htm">Appearing</a> <a href="/daniel/3-25.htm">Aspect</a> <a href="/amos/8-2.htm">Basket</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-3.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-5.htm">Ephah</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-12.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-8.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-5.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-17.htm">Further</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-5.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-9.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-2.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-1.htm">Measuring</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-8.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-49.htm">Resemblance</a> <a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Said</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-10.htm">Throughout</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Added</a> <a href="/matthew/3-1.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Appearing</a> <a href="/matthew/16-3.htm">Aspect</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Basket</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-9.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Ephah</a> <a href="/acts/1-18.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-1.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-9.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/malachi/2-13.htm">Further</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-6.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/matthew/5-15.htm">Measuring</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-5.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-49.htm">Resemblance</a> <a href="/matthew/14-18.htm">Said</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-7.htm">Throughout</a><div class="vheading2">Zechariah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/5-1.htm">By the flying scroll is shown the curse of thieves and swearers;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/5-5.htm">and by a woman pressed in an ephah the final judgment of wickedness.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/zechariah/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/zechariah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/zechariah/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>“What is it?” I asked.</b><br>This phrase reflects the prophet Zechariah's curiosity and desire for understanding regarding the vision he is witnessing. In the context of biblical prophecy, questions often signify a search for divine wisdom and insight. Zechariah's inquiry is reminiscent of other prophetic dialogues, such as those found in Daniel and Revelation, where the seer seeks clarity on the visions presented. This approach underscores the importance of seeking God's interpretation rather than relying on human understanding.<p><b>And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.”</b><br>The "measuring basket" (often referred to as an ephah) is a unit of dry measure used in ancient Israel, symbolizing commerce and trade. Its appearance in the vision suggests a focus on economic practices and possibly the corruption associated with them. The act of "going forth" implies movement or action, indicating that the vision pertains to an active judgment or process. This imagery connects to other biblical passages where measures and weights are used to symbolize justice and righteousness, such as in <a href="/amos/8-5.htm">Amos 8:5</a>, where dishonest scales are condemned.<p><b>Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”</b><br>The phrase identifies the contents of the basket as representing the iniquity or sin of the people. The use of "all the land" suggests a widespread moral and spiritual corruption affecting the entire nation. This aligns with the broader themes of Zechariah, where the prophet calls for repentance and a return to covenant faithfulness. The vision serves as a warning of divine judgment against pervasive sin, echoing the messages of earlier prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah. The concept of iniquity being measured and judged is also seen in Revelation, where the sins of Babylon are weighed and punished.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/z/zechariah.htm">Zechariah</a></b><br>A prophet of the post-exilic period who received visions from God to encourage the Israelites in rebuilding the temple and renewing their covenant with God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/angel.htm">Angel</a></b><br>A divine messenger who interprets the visions for Zechariah, providing clarity and understanding of God's messages.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/measuring_basket.htm">Measuring Basket (Ephah)</a></b><br>A large container used for measuring grain, symbolizing the iniquity and wickedness of the people in the land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>Refers to the land of Israel, representing the people and their collective moral and spiritual state.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/iniquity.htm">Iniquity</a></b><br>The sin and moral corruption prevalent among the people, which God is addressing through this vision.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_measuring_basket.htm">Symbolism of the Measuring Basket</a></b><br>The ephah represents the full measure of sin and iniquity. It serves as a reminder that God is aware of the moral state of His people and will address it in His timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_and_mercy.htm">Divine Judgment and Mercy</a></b><br>While the vision highlights iniquity, it also implies God's intention to purify and restore. Believers are encouraged to examine their lives and seek God's mercy and forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_righteousness.htm">Call to Righteousness</a></b><br>The passage challenges believers to live with integrity and righteousness, avoiding the deceit and corruption symbolized by the ephah.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/awareness_of_sin.htm">Awareness of Sin</a></b><br>Just as the ephah reveals the iniquity in the land, believers are called to be aware of their own sins and the need for repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The vision underscores God's control over the moral order and His ultimate plan to address sin, encouraging trust in His justice and timing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_zechariah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Zechariah 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_god_reveal_to_zechariah.htm">What visions and messages did Zechariah receive from God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_evidence_supports_zech._5_5-8's_basket.htm">What archaeological evidence supports or contradicts the idea of a physical basket and woman representing wickedness (Zechariah 5:5–8)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_wickedness_in_shinar_in_zech._5_11.htm">Why does Zechariah 5:11 place wickedness in Shinar, and is there any historical or textual indication this actually happened in postexilic times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_zechariah's_visions_symbolize.htm">What are the symbolic meanings of Zechariah's visions?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zechariah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">What is it?</span> The prophet did not clearly discern the object, or his question may mean, "What does it signify?" <span class="cmt_word">An ephah;</span> <span class="accented">the ephah</span>, as "the curse" (ver. 3). The ephah was the largest of the dry measures in use among the Jews, and was equal to six or seven gallons. It was, of course, too small to contain a woman. The LXX. calls it simply "the measure;" the Vulgate, <span class="accented">amphora</span>; and it must be considered as an imaginary vessel of huge size. It may have a tacit reference to dishonest dealings (comp. <a href="/amos/8-5.htm">Amos 8:5</a>; <a href="/micah/6-10.htm">Micah 6:10</a>). <span class="cmt_word">This is their resemblance;</span> literally, <span class="accented">this is their eye</span>. The Authorized Version explains the meaning accurately. "Eye" is often used for that which is seen, as in <a href="/leviticus/13-55.htm">Leviticus 13:55</a>, where the Authorized Version has "colour;" and <a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7</a>, where in reference to the manna we read, "The eve thereof was as the eye of bdellium" (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/1-4.htm">Ezekiel 1:4, 16</a>). So here the meaning is: This ephah and this whole vision represent the wicked in the land. Some take "the eye" to mean the object of sight, that to which they look. But the ephah was not sot forth for all the people to examine. The LXX. and Syriac, from some variation in the reading, have <span class="greek">ἀδικία</span>, "iniquity," and some critics have desired to adopt this in the text. But authority and necessity are equally wanting. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/zechariah/5-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“What</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is it?”</span><br /><span class="heb">הִ֑יא</span> <span class="translit">(hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I asked.</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֹמַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ō·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And he replied,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֗אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“It is</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֤את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">a measuring basket</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאֵיפָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ê·p̄āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_374.htm">Strong's 374: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ephah -- an ephah (a measure of grain)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that is approaching.”</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּוֹצֵ֔את</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·w·ṣêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then he continued,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֕אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֥את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is their iniquity</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵינָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in all</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land.”</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zechariah/5-6.htm">Zechariah 5:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/zechariah/5-6.htm">Zechariah 5:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/zechariah/5-6.htm">Zechariah 5:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/zechariah/5-6.htm">Zechariah 5:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/zechariah/5-6.htm">Zechariah 5:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/zechariah/5-6.htm">Zechariah 5:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zechariah/5-6.htm">Zechariah 5:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/zechariah/5-6.htm">Zechariah 5:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/zechariah/5-6.htm">Zechariah 5:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/zechariah/5-6.htm">Zechariah 5:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/zechariah/5-6.htm">OT Prophets: Zechariah 5:6 I said What is it? 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