Sājiālìyàshū 5:5-11

5 Yǔ wǒ shuōhuà de tiānshǐ chūlai , duì wǒ shuō , nǐ yào jǔmù guānkàn , jiàn suǒ chūlai de shì shénme .

6 Wǒ shuō , zhè shì shénme ne . tā shuō , zhè chūlai de shì liángqì . tā yòu shuō , zhè shì è rén , zaì biàn dì de xíngzhuàng .

7 ( wǒ jiàn yǒu yī piān yuán qiā beì jǔqǐ lái ) zhè zuò zaì liángqì zhōng de shì gè fùrén .

8 Tiānshǐ shuō , zhè shì zuìè . tā jiù bǎ fùrén rēng zaì liángqì zhōng , jiāng nà piān yuán qiā rēng zaì liángqì de kǒu shang .

9 Wǒ yòu jǔmù guānkàn , jiàn yǒu liǎng gè fùrén chūlai , zaì tāmen chìbǎng zhōng yǒu fēng , fēi dé shén kuaì . chìbǎng rútóng guàn niǎo de chìbǎng . tāmen jiāng liángqì tái qǐlai , xuán zaì tiāndì zhōngjiān .

10 Wǒ wèn yǔ wǒ shuōhuà de tiānshǐ shuō , tāmen yào jiāng liángqì tái dào nǎli qù ne .

11 Tā duì wǒ shuō , yào wǎng Shìnádì dì qù , wèi tā gaìzào fángwū . dĕng fángwū qíbeì , jiù bǎ tā ānzhì zaì zìjǐ de dìfang .

Sājiālìyàshū 5:5-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 5

This chapter treats of the judgments of God upon the wicked Jews for their sins and impieties, the measure of which was filled up, and of the execution of them, which are represented in two visions: the first is of a flying roll, which signifies the curse of God, and is described by its measure, the length being twenty cubits, and the breadth ten; and by the extent of it, it reaching to the whole earth, and particularly to thieves and false swearers, who shall be cut off by it; and by the certainty of its coming into the houses of such, and the utter desolation it should there make, Zec 5:1-4 and the other is the vision of an ephah, and a woman sitting in it, and a talent of lead cast upon the mouth of it, which signified wickedness, Zec 5:5-8 this "ephah" is seen to be lifted up between earth and heaven by two women, who are said to have wings like the wings of storks, and the wind to be in them; and who are said by the angel to carry the "ephah" into the land of Shinar, to build it a house, that it might be established and settled upon its own base, Zec 5:9-11.