Zechariah 5:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

Zechariah 5:7 —

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Revelation 17:1-18
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: …
Ezekiel 23:1-49
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, …
Isaiah 15:1
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
Isaiah 13:1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Isaiah 22:11
Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-11)

The foregoing vision was very plain and easy, but in this are things dark and hard to be understood; and some think that the scope of it is to foretel the final destruction of the Jewish church and nation and the dispersion of the Jews, when, by crucifying Christ and persecuting his gospel, they should have filled up the measure of their iniquities; therefore it is industriously set out in obscure…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. lifted up--The cover is lifted off the ephah to let the prophet see the female personification of “wickedness” within, about to be removed from Judea. The cover being “of lead,” implies that the “woman” cannot escape from the ponderous load which presses her down. talent--literally, “a round piece”: hence a talent, a weight of one hundred twenty-five pounds troy. woman--for comparison of “wicke…