Zechariah 5:5

A Vision of a Woman in a Basket

5 ¹Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, ²"Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out."

Zechariah 5:5 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 5:5

Then the angel that talked with me went forth
From the place where he was, and had been interpreting the vision of the flying roll, unto another more convenient for showing and explaining the following one; and, as it should seem, took the prophet along with him: and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what [is] this
that goeth forth;
either out of the temple or out of heaven, into some open place, where it might be seen.

Zechariah 5:5 In-Context

3 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side.

4 I will send it out, declares the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones."

5 Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out."

6 And I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the basket that is going out." And he said, "This is their iniquity in all the land."

7 And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!

Cross References

• 1. Zechariah 1:9
• 2. [ver. 1, 9; Zechariah 6:1]