Zechariah 5:1

1 I looked up again and saw - surprise! - a book on the wing! A book flying!

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 up again and saw - surprise! - a book on the wing! A book flying!

2 The Messenger-Angel said to me, "What do you see now?" I said, "I see a book flying, a huge book - thirty feet long and fifteen wide!"

3 He told me, "This book is the verdict going out worldwide against thieves and liars. The first half of the book disposes of everyone who steals; the second half takes care of everyone who lies.

4 I launched it" - Decree of God-of-the-Angel-Armies - "and so it will fly into the house of every thief and every liar. It will land in each house and tear it down, timbers and stones." Seventh Vision: A Woman in a Basket

5 The Messenger-Angel appeared and said, "Look up. Tell me what you see."