Zacarias 5:5-11

A Mulher Dentro de Um Cesto

5 Em seguida, o anjo que falava comigo se adiantou e me disse: “Olhe e veja o que vem surgindo”.

6 Perguntei o que era aquilo, e ele me respondeu: “É uma vasilha”.^[a] E disse mais: “Aí está o pecado^[b] de todo o povo desta terra”.

7 Então a tampa de chumbo foi retirada, e dentro da vasilha estava sentada uma mulher!

8 Ele disse: “Esta é a Perversidade”, e a empurrou para dentro da vasilha e a fechou de novo com a tampa de chumbo.

9 De novo ergui os olhos e vi chegarem à minha frente duas mulheres com asas como de cegonha; o vento impeliu suas asas, e elas ergueram a vasilha entre o céu e a terra.

10 Perguntei ao anjo: Para onde estão levando a vasilha?

11 Ele respondeu: “Para a Babilônia,^[c] onde vão construir um santuário para ela. Quando ficar pronto, a vasilha será colocada lá, em seu pedestal”.

Zacarias 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebraico: "1 efa."
• [b]. Ou "aparência"
• [c]. Hebraico: "Sinear."