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And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/zechariah/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he said, This <i>is</i> wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/zechariah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />then he said, “This <i>is</i> Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover over its mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/zechariah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/zechariah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then he said, &#8220This is Wickedness!&#8221 And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/zechariah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/zechariah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/zechariah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then he said, “This is Wickedness (Godlessness)!” And he threw her back down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead cover on its opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/zechariah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is Wickedness,” he said. He shoved her down into the basket and pushed the lead weight over its opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/zechariah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is Wickedness,&#8221 he said. He shoved her down into the basket and pushed the lead weight over its opening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/zechariah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/zechariah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"This woman represents evil," the angel explained. Then he threw her back into the basket and slammed the heavy cover down tight. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/zechariah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he said, This is Wickedness; and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah: and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/zechariah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The angel said, "This is wickedness," and he pushed her back into the basket and forced the lead cover down on top of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/zechariah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The angel said, "This represents wickedness." Then he pushed her down into the basket and put the lid back down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/zechariah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />And the angel said, "This is evil!" So he shoved her back into the basket and snapped the round, lead cover over the opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/zechariah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?This is Wickedness,? he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/zechariah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He then said, "This woman represents wickedness," and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/zechariah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And he said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah basket; and he placed the lead cover over its mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/zechariah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/zechariah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He said, “This is Wickedness;” and he threw her down into the middle of the ephah basket; and he threw the lead weight on its mouth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/zechariah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he says, “This [is] the wicked woman.” And he casts her into the midst of the ephah, and casts the weight of lead on its mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/zechariah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he saith, 'This is the wicked woman.' And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/zechariah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will say, This injustice. And he will cast her into the midst of the ephah; and he will cast a stone of lead upon its mouth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/zechariah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/zechariah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he said, “This is impiety.” And he cast her into the middle of the container, and he sent the weight of lead into its mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/zechariah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He said, “This is Wickedness,” and he thrust her inside the basket, pushing the leaden weight into the opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/zechariah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And he said, “This is Wickedness.” So he thrust her back into the basket, and pressed the leaden weight down on its mouth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/zechariah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he said to me, This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the talent of lead upon its mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/zechariah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he said to me: ”This is sin”, and he cast her inside the measure and he cast the talent of lead upon its mouth<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/zechariah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he said: 'This is Wickedness.' And he cast her down into the midst of the measure, and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/zechariah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/5-8.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=688" 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">7</span>And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><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/7564.htm" title="7564: hā·riš·‘āh (Art:: N-fs) -- Wickedness. Feminine of resha'; wrong.">is Wickedness,”</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.">he said.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7993.htm" title="7993: way·yaš·lêḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To throw, fling, cast. A primitive root; to throw out, down or away.">And he shoved her down</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: tō·wḵ (N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre."></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.">the basket,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7993.htm" title="7993: way·yaš·lêḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To throw, fling, cast. A primitive root; to throw out, down or away.">pushing down</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5777.htm" title="5777: hā·‘ō·p̄e·reṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Lead (a metal). Or mophereth; feminine participle active of aphar; lead.">the lead</a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: ’e·ḇen (N-fsc) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">cover</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: pî·hā (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">its opening.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.…<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/17-5.htm">Revelation 17:5</a></span><br />And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</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.<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="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a></span><br />For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Revelation 17:4</a></span><br />The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-18.htm">Revelation 17:18</a></span><br />And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a></span><br />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/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-23.htm">Revelation 18:23</a></span><br />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/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="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Jeremiah 51:25</a></span><br />“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Jeremiah 51:33</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the middle of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead on the mouth thereof.</p><p class="hdg">This.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a></b></br> But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites <i>is</i> not yet full.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32</a></b></br> Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:16</a></b></br> Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.</p><p class="hdg">the weight.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Zechariah 5:7</a></b></br> And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this <i>is</i> a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-4.htm">Psalm 38:4</a></b></br> For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Proverbs 5:22</a></b></br> His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Basket</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-21.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm">Casteth</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Ephah</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-13.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-7.htm">Pushed</a> <a href="/nahum/1-4.htm">Pushing</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-5.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-4.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/joel/2-8.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/nahum/3-19.htm">Weight</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-3.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zechariah/5-9.htm">Basket</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-4.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/matthew/9-34.htm">Casteth</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-15.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-9.htm">Ephah</a> <a href="/matthew/6-13.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-10.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/matthew/14-24.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-3.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-9.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/matthew/2-11.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/malachi/3-11.htm">Pushed</a> <a href="/malachi/2-3.htm">Pushing</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-1.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-7.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-13.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Weight</a> <a href="/malachi/1-4.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/malachi/1-4.htm">Wickedness</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'; 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The personification of wickedness as a woman may reflect the cultural context of the time, where female figures were often used to represent abstract concepts. This vision is part of a series of symbolic visions given to Zechariah to convey God's message to the Israelites. The declaration "This is Wickedness" emphasizes the moral corruption and sin that had infiltrated the land, which God was addressing through these visions. The use of the term "wickedness" connects to other biblical passages that speak of sin and iniquity, such as <a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm">Proverbs 6:12-19</a>, which lists things the Lord hates, including a heart that devises wicked plans.<p><b>And he shoved her down into the basket,</b><br>The act of shoving the woman into the basket signifies the containment and control of wickedness. This imagery suggests that God is taking action to restrain and limit the influence of sin among His people. The basket, or ephah, was a common measure used in trade, symbolizing commerce and daily life, indicating that wickedness had permeated everyday activities. This action can be seen as a precursor to the ultimate judgment and eradication of sin, as prophesied in the eschatological visions of Revelation, where evil is finally defeated.<p><b>pushing down the lead cover over its opening.</b><br>The lead cover represents a heavy and secure seal, ensuring that wickedness is contained and cannot escape. Lead, being a dense and weighty material, symbolizes the seriousness and finality of God's judgment against sin. This imagery parallels the sealing of the abyss in <a href="/revelation/20.htm">Revelation 20:1-3</a>, where Satan is bound and sealed for a thousand years, highlighting God's sovereign power to restrain evil. The act of sealing wickedness also points to the future hope of a restored creation, free from the corruption of sin, as promised in the prophetic visions of a new heaven and a new earth.<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, Zechariah was instrumental in encouraging the Jewish people to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem after their return from Babylonian exile. His visions often contained symbolic imagery meant to convey God's messages to His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_woman_in_the_basket.htm">The Woman in the Basket</a></b><br>In <a href="/zechariah/5-8.htm">Zechariah 5:8</a>, the woman represents wickedness. This vision is part of a series of symbolic visions given to Zechariah, illustrating God's judgment and the removal of sin from the land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_basket.htm">The Basket (Ephah)</a></b><br>The ephah is a unit of measurement, and in this vision, it symbolizes the containment and measurement of wickedness. The basket serves as a vessel to carry away sin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lead_cover.htm">The Lead Cover</a></b><br>The lead cover is used to seal the basket, symbolizing the containment and control of wickedness, preventing it from spreading.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_shinar.htm">The Land of Shinar</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in verse 8, the vision continues to describe the destination of the basket as the land of Shinar, which is historically associated with Babylon, a place of exile and sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_wickedness.htm">The Nature of Wickedness</a></b><br>Wickedness is personified and contained, illustrating that sin is not just an abstract concept but a tangible force that God intends to deal with decisively.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_sin.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Sin</a></b><br>The vision demonstrates God's power to control and ultimately remove wickedness from His people, reassuring believers of His ultimate authority over evil.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_holiness.htm">The Importance of Holiness</a></b><br>As God removes wickedness, believers are called to pursue holiness and righteousness, aligning their lives with God's standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_judgment_and_redemption.htm">Symbolism of Judgment and Redemption</a></b><br>The vision serves as a reminder of both God's judgment against sin and His plan for redemption, encouraging believers to trust in His justice and mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophetic_visions.htm">The Role of Prophetic Visions</a></b><br>Understanding the symbolic nature of prophetic visions can deepen our comprehension of God's messages and their relevance to our lives today.<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_do_zechariah's_visions_symbolize.htm">What are the symbolic meanings of Zechariah's visions?</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_did_god_reveal_to_zechariah.htm">What visions and messages did Zechariah receive from God?</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 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">This is wickedness.</span> This woman is the personification of wickedness. It is very common to find backsliding Israel represented as a faithless and adulterous woman (comp. <a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a>; <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5</a>; and the parable of the two women in <a href="/ezekiel/23.htm">Ezekiel 23</a>.). <span class="cmt_word">He cast it;</span> <span class="accented">her</span> - the woman. As the woman rose, or tried to rise, from the ephah, the angel flung her down into it. It is possible, as some commentators suppose, that the ephah into which wickedness is thrust represents the measure of iniquity which, being reached, constrains God to punish (see <a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a>, where the dispossession of the Amorites is postponed till their iniquity is full). <span class="cmt_word">The weight of lead;</span> literally, as the LXX., <span class="accented">the stone of lead</span>; Vulgate<span class="accented">, massam plumbeam.</span> This is the cover of the ephah, that which is called the "talent of lead" in the preceding verse. This heavy cover the angel cast upon the mouth of the ephah, in order to confine the woman therein (comp. <a href="/genesis/29-2.htm">Genesis 29:2</a>, which passage may explain why the cover is called "a stone"). Dr. Wright and some other commentators, referring the passage to theft and perjury alone, consider that the woman held in her hand the leaden weight with which she weighed her gains, and was sitting in the ephah which she used in her traffic; so that she represents dishonesty in the matter of weight and measure. She is punished by the means of the instruments she had used unrighteously; the weight is dashed upon her lying mouth, and the ephah, her throne, is made the vehicle that carries her out of the land. But it seems a mistake to confine the iniquity mentioned to the two special sins of theft and perjury; nor would the talent and the ephah be natural instruments of stealing and false swearing; and the point of the vision is not the punishment of wickedness, but its expulsion from the land. It is true that the pronominal suffix in the mouth thereof is feminine, and that the LXX. makes it refer to the woman, <span class="greek">τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς</span>. But it may equally refer to <span class="accented">ephah</span>, which is also feminine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/zechariah/5-8.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">“This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֣את</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 Wickedness,”</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִשְׁעָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·riš·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7564.htm">Strong's 7564: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wickedness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he said.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙</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">And he shoved her down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaš·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7993.htm">Strong's 7993: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw out, down, away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the basket,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאֵיפָ֑ה</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">pushing down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּשְׁלֵ֛ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaš·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7993.htm">Strong's 7993: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw out, down, away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the lead</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֹפֶ֖רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ō·p̄e·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5777.htm">Strong's 5777: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lead (a metal)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cover</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֥בֶן</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḇen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its opening.</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּֽיהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(pî·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zechariah/5-8.htm">Zechariah 5:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/zechariah/5-8.htm">Zechariah 5:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/zechariah/5-8.htm">Zechariah 5:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/zechariah/5-8.htm">Zechariah 5:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/zechariah/5-8.htm">Zechariah 5:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/zechariah/5-8.htm">Zechariah 5:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zechariah/5-8.htm">Zechariah 5:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/zechariah/5-8.htm">Zechariah 5:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/zechariah/5-8.htm">Zechariah 5:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/zechariah/5-8.htm">Zechariah 5:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/zechariah/5-8.htm">OT Prophets: Zechariah 5:8 He said This is Wickedness (Zech. 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