Zechariah 5:6
I asked,“What is it?” And he replied,“It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here.” Moreover, he said,“This is their‘eye’ throughout all the earth.”
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- Amos 8:5 : 5 You say,“When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!
- Ezek 44:10-11 : 10 “‘But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for their sin. 11 Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.
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5Vision Seven: The Ephah After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said,“Look, see what is leaving.”
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7Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket.
8He then said,“This woman represents wickedness,” and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top.
9Then I looked again and saw two women going forth with the wind in their wings(they had wings like those of a stork) and they lifted up the basket between the earth and the sky.
10I asked the messenger who was speaking to me,“Where are they taking the basket?”
11He replied,“To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.”
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1Vision Six: The Flying Scroll Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll!
2Someone asked me,“What do you see?” I replied,“I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.”
3The speaker went on to say,“This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand(according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”
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1Vision Three: The Surveyor(2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2I asked,“Where are you going?” He replied,“To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length.”
3At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him
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9The Interpretation of the First Vision Then I asked one nearby,“What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said,“I will show you what these are.”
10Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said,“These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk about on the earth.”
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4Then I asked the angelic messenger who was speaking with me,“What are these, sir?”
5The messenger replied,“These are the four spirits of heaven going out after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.
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4Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me,“What are these, sir?”
5He replied,“Don’t you know what these are?” So I responded,“No, sir.”
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19So I asked the angelic messenger who spoke with me,“What are these?” He replied,“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
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2By means of divine visions he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.
3When he brought me there, I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.
4The man said to me,“Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”
5I saw a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall as 10½ feet, and its height as 10½ feet.
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1Vision Five: The Menorah The angelic messenger who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from sleep.
2He asked me,“What do you see?” I replied,“I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top. There are seven lamps at the top, with seven pipes going to the lamps.
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8Then he cried out to me,“Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me peace about the northland.”
9A Concluding Oracle The LORD’s message came to me as follows:
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9He said to me,“Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.”
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4Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley.
5He said to me,“Son of man, look up toward the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
6He said to me,“Son of man, do you see what they are doing– the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”
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9Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.
10He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.
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6For this is what the Lord has told me:“Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.
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17He said to me,“Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose!
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1The Fate of the Two Witnesses Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told,“Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there.
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6He said to me,“Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
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13He said to me,“You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”
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6I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.
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15He said to me,“Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!”
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1Judgment on the Mountains of Israel The LORD’s message came to me:
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8Then the LORD’s message came to me,
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