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I said, “What is it?”

He said, “This is the ephah[a] basket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the land— and behold, a lead cover weighing one talent[b] was lifted up—and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah[c] basket.” 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:6 An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or about 2/3 of a bushel.
  2. 5:7 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
  3. 5:7 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel

So I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “It is a [a]basket that is going forth.”

He also said, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth: Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”; then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead [b]cover over its mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:6 Heb. ephah, a measuring container, and so elsewhere
  2. Zechariah 5:8 Lit. stone