Zechariah 5:6

"Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is that is appearing.”"

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 5:6, the appearance of an angel prompts the prophet to lift his eyes and observe a vision. This scene reflects the prophetic tradition where divine revelation often comes through vivid imagery and direct instruction. The act of raising one's eyes is significant in biblical contexts as it symbolizes spiritual attentiveness and readiness to receive divine insight. In this verse, Zechariah's elevation of gaze sets the stage for receiving a critical vision that will inform his later revelations about the state of Jerusalem and the coming judgment or restoration.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

This is the ephah that goeth forth -Theodoret: “We too are taught by this, that the Lord of all administers all things in weight and measure. So, foretelling to Abraham that his seed should be a sojourner and the cause thereof, He says, “for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full”Genesis 15:16, that is, they have not yet committed sins enough to merit entire destruction, wherefore I cannot yet endure to give them over to the slaughter, but will wait for the measure of their iniquity.” The relation then of this vision to the seventh is, that the seventh tells of God’s punishment on individual sinners; this, on the whole people, when the iniquity of the whole is full.

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