Zechariah 5:3

"He said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”"

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 5:3, the vision of the flying scroll symbolizes divine judgment and purification, reflecting God’s intent to remove wickedness from his people. The specific measurements—twenty cubits in length and ten in width—emphasize its comprehensive nature, suggesting that this judgment is extensive and all-encompassing.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Over the face of the whole earth -primarily land, since the perjured persons, upon whom the curse was to fallZechariah 5:4, were those who swore falsely by the name of God: and this was in Judah only. The reference to the two tables of the law also confines it primarily to those who were under the law. Yet, since the moral law abides under the Gospel, ultimately these visions related to the Christian Church, which was to be spread over the whole earth. The roll apparently was shown, as written on both sides; the commandments of the first table, in which perjury is forbidden, on the one side; those relating to the love of our neighbor, in which stealing is forbidden, on the other.

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