Zechariah 5:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.

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  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;
  • Ezek 44:10-11 : 10 But as for the Levites, who went far from me, when Israel went out of the right way, turning away from me to go after their images; their punishment will come on them. 11 But they may be caretakers in my holy place, and overseers at the doors of the house, doing the work of the house: they will put to death the burned offering and the beasts offered for the people, and they will take their place before them as their servants.

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  • 5 And the angel who was talking to me went out and said to me, Let your eyes be lifted up now, and see the ephah which is going out.

  • Zech 5:7-11
    5 verses
    88%

    7 And I saw a round cover of lead lifted up; and a woman was seated in the middle of the ephah.

    8 And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

    9 And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.

    10 And I said to the angel who was talking to me, Where are they taking the ephah?

    11 And he said to me, To make a house for her in the land of Shinar: and they will make a place ready, and put her there in the place which is hers.

  • Zech 5:1-3
    3 verses
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    1 Then again lifting up my eyes I saw a roll in flight through the air.

    2 And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, A roll going through the air; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.

    3 Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.

  • Zech 2:1-3
    3 verses
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    1 And lifting up my eyes I saw four horns.

    2 And I said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have sent Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem in flight.

    3 And the Lord gave me a vision of four metal-workers.

  • Zech 1:9-10
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    9 Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who was talking to me said to me, I will make clear to you what they are.

    10 And the man who was between the mountains, answering me, said, These are those whom the Lord has sent to go up and down through the earth.

  • Zech 6:4-5
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    4 And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?

    5 And the angel, answering, said to me, These go out to the four winds of heaven from their place before the Lord of all the earth.

  • Zech 4:4-5
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    4 And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?

    5 Then the angel who was talking to me, answering me, said, Have you no knowledge of what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

  • 5 And lifting up my eyes I saw the form of a man clothed in a linen robe, and round him there was a band of gold, of the best gold:

  • Ezek 40:2-5
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    2 In the visions of God he took me into the land of Israel, and put me down on a very high mountain, on which there was, as it seemed, a building like a town opposite me.

    3 He took me there, and I saw a man, looking like brass, with a linen cord in his hand and a measuring rod: and he was stationed in the doorway.

    4 And the man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes and give hearing with your ears, and take to heart everything I am going to let you see; for in order that I might let you see them, you have come here: and give an account of all you see to the children of Israel.

    5 And there was a wall on the outside of the house all round, and in the man's hand there was a measuring rod six cubits long by a cubit and a hand's measure: so he took the measure of the building from side to side, one rod; and from base to top, one rod.

  • Zech 4:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 And the angel who was talking to me came again, awaking me as a man out of his sleep.

    2 And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see a light-support, made all of gold, with its cup on the top of it and seven lights on it; and there are seven pipes to every one of the lights which are on the top of it;

  • Zech 6:8-9
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    8 Then crying out to me, he said, See, those who are going to the north country have given rest to the spirit of the Lord in the north country.

    9 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 9 And he said to me, Go in and see the evil and disgusting things which they are doing here.

  • Ezek 8:4-6
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    4 And I saw the glory of the Lord there, as in the vision which I saw in the valley.

    5 Then he said to me, Son of man, now let your eyes be lifted up in the direction of the north; and on looking in the direction of the north, to the north of the doorway of the altar, I saw this image of envy by the way in.

    6 And he said to me, Son of man, do you see what they are doing? even the very disgusting things which the children of Israel are doing here, causing me to go far away from my holy place? but you will see other most disgusting things.

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    9 And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;

    10 And he put it open before me, and it had writing on the front and on the back; words of grief and sorrow and trouble were recorded in it.

  • 13 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and its face is from the north.

  • 6 For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:

  • 17 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? is it a small thing to the children of Judah that they do the disgusting things which they are doing here? for they have made the land full of violent behaviour, making me angry again and again: and see, they put the branch to my nose.

  • 1 And there was given to me a measuring rod: and one said, Go up and take the measure of the house of God, and the altar, and the worshippers in it.

  • 6 And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he took me to the river's edge.

  • 13 Then he said to me, You will see even more disgusting things which they do.

  • 6 And the voice of one talking to me came to my ears from inside the house; and the man was by my side.

  • 1 Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.

  • 22 And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.

  • 11 The ephah and the bath are to be of the same measure, so that the bath is equal to a tenth of a homer, and the ephah to a tenth of a homer: the unit of measure is to be a homer.

  • 15 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? you will see even more disgusting things than these.

  • 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

  • 1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 8 And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.

  • 8 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,