Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zechariah 5:7

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zechariah 5:7 - 5:7

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zechariah 5:7 - 5:7

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5:1 - 5:1
5:2 - 5:2
5:3 - 5:3
5:4 - 5:4
5:5 - 5:5
5:6 - 5:6
5:7 - 5:7
5:8 - 5:8
5:9 - 5:9
5:11 - 5:11

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 “wickedness” to a woman, Pro 2:16; Pro 5:3, Pro 5:4. In personifying abstract terms, the feminine is used, as the idea of giving birth to life is associated with woman.