Zechariah 5:1

1 I looked again, and this time I saw a scroll flying through the air.

Zechariah 5:1 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 5:1

Then I turned, and lift up mine eyes, and looked
The prophet turned himself from looking upon the candlestick and olive branches, having had a full and clear understanding of them, and looked another way, and saw another vision: and behold a flying roll,
a volume or book flying in the air; it being usual for books, which were written on parchment, to be rolled up in the form of a cylinder; whence they were called rolls or volumes.

Zechariah 5:1 In-Context

1 I looked again, and this time I saw a scroll flying through the air.

2 The angel asked me what I saw. I answered, "A scroll flying through the air; it is thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide."

3 Then he said to me, "On it is written the curse that is to go out over the whole land. On one side of the scroll it says that every thief will be removed from the land; and on the other side it says that everyone who tells lies under oath will also be taken away.

4 The Lord Almighty says that he will send this curse out, and it will enter the house of every thief and the house of everyone who tells lies under oath. It will remain in their houses and leave them in ruins."

5 The angel appeared again and said, "Look! Something else is coming!"