Zechariah 5:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he said, This is wickednes, and he cast it into the middes of the Ephah, and hee cast the weight of lead vpon the mouth thereof.

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  • Gen 15:16 : 16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.
  • Ps 38:4 : 4 For mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head, and as a weightie burden they are too heauie for me.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.
  • Lam 1:14 : 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bounde vpon his hand: they are wrapped, and come vp vpon my necke: hee hath made my strength to fall: the Lord hath deliuered me into their hands, neither am I able to rise vp.
  • Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I sawe the Lorde standing vpon the altar, and he sayde, Smite the lintel of the doore, that the postes may shake: and cut them in pieces, euen the heads of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them, shall not flee away: and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered. 2 Though they digge into the hel, thence shal mine hande take them: though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe. 3 And though they hide them selues in the toppe of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence: and though they be hid from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commande the serpent, and he shall bite them. 4 And though they goe into captiuitie before their enemies, thence wil I commande the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes vpon them for euill, and not for good.
  • Mic 6:11 : 11 Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
  • Zech 5:7 : 7 And beholde, there was lift vp a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the middes of the Ephah.
  • Matt 23:32 : 32 Fulfill ye also ye measure of your fathers.
  • 1 Thess 2:16 : 16 And forbid vs to preach vnto the Gentiles, that they might be saued, to fulfill their sinnes alwayes: for the wrath of God is come on them, to the vtmost.

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    5Then the Angel that talked with me, went foorth, and said vnto me, Lift vp now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth foorth.

    6And I saide, What is it? And hee sayde, This is an Ephah that goeth foorth. Hee saide moreouer, This is the sight of them through all the earth.

    7And beholde, there was lift vp a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the middes of the Ephah.

  • Zech 5:9-10
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    9Then lift I vp mine eyes, and looked: and beholde, there came out two women, and the winde was in their wings (for they had wings like the wings of a storke) and they lift vp the Ephah betweene the earth and the heauen.

    10Then saide I to the Angel that talked with me, Whither doe these beare the Ephah?

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    10Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable?

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  • Prov 11:1
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    1False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

  • Prov 20:10
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    10Diuers weightes, & diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord.

  • Job 31:11
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    11For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to bee condemned:

  • Prov 20:23
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    23Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.

  • Amos 8:4-5
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    4Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,

    5Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit?

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    9And he said vnto mee, Go in, and beholde the wicked abominations that they doe here.

  • Jer 6:29
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    29The bellowes are burnt: the lead is consumed in the fire: the founder melteth in vaine: for the wicked are not taken away.

  • Dan 5:27
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    27Tekel, thou art wayed in the balance, and art found too light.

  • Ezek 8:13
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    13Againe he saide also vnto me, Turne thee againe, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they doe.

  • Prov 16:11
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    11A true weight & balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.

  • Zech 5:3
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    3Then said he vnto me, This is the curse that goeth foorth ouer the whole earth: for euery one that stealeth, shalbe cut off aswell on this side, as on that: and euery one that sweareth, shall be cut off aswell on this side, as on that.

  • Ps 58:2
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    2Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.

  • Jer 5:30
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    30An horrible and filthie thing is committed in the land.

  • Amos 5:7
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    7They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth.

  • Jer 6:7
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    7As the fountaine casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her malice: crueltie and spoyle is continually heard in her before me with sorowe and strokes.

  • Rev 18:21
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    21Then a mightie Angell tooke vp a stone like a great milstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, With such violence shall that great citie Babylon be cast, and shalbe found no more.

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    11Then set it emptie vpon the coles thereof, that the brasse of it may be hot, and may burne, and that the filthinesse of it may be molten in it, and that the skomme of it may be consumed.

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    9So that for the lightnesse of her whoredome shee hath euen defiled the lande: for shee hath committed fornication with stones and stockes.

  • Ezek 2:10
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    10And he spred it before me, and it was written within and without, and there was written therein, Lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

  • Isa 5:18
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    18Woe vnto them, that draw iniquitie with cordes of vanitie, and sinne, as with cart ropes:

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    16For all that doe such things, and all that doe vnrighteously, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

  • Deut 25:13
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    13Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a great and a small,

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    11Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.

  • Deut 17:4-5
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    4And it be tolde vnto thee, and thou hast heard it, then shalt thou inquire diligently: and if it be true, and the thing certaine, that such abomination is wrought in Israel,

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    10Ye shall haue iust balances, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath.

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    14Beholde, hee shall trauaile with wickednes: for he hath conceiued mischiefe, but he shall bring foorth a lye.

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    7He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.

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    17The he said vnto me, Hast thou seene this, O sonne of man? Is it a small thing to the house of Iudah to commit these abominations which they do here? for they haue filled the land with crueltie, and haue returned to prouoke mee: and loe, they haue cast out stinke before their noses.

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    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

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    5Thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, one euil, euen one euill is come.

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