Zechariah 5:7

"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—"

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 5:7, the prophet asks about a vision involving an ephah basket, and he is informed that this symbolizes something significant happening throughout the land. This ephah, a unit of measurement for grain in ancient Israel, likely carries connotations of judgment or punishment due to its association with weights and measures in biblical texts. The appearance of such a vessel across the entire land suggests a widespread divine action, possibly pointing to the spread of corruption or divine retribution that will affect all regions.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And behold there was lifted up a talent of lead -the heaviest Hebrew weight, elsewhere of gold or silver; the golden talent weighing, 1,300,000 grains; the silver, 660,000; here, being lead, it is obviously an undefined mass, though circular , corresponding to the Ephah. The Ephah too was the largest Hebrew measure, whose compass cannot now, with certainty, be ascertained . Both probably were, in the vision, ideal. Theodoret: “Holy Scripture calleth the punishment of sin, lead, as being by nature heavy. This the divine David teacheth us, “mine iniquities are gone over my head: as an heavy burden, they are too heavy for me”Psalms 38:4.

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