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Zechariah 5 — Sermon Preparation
Two visions show a flying scroll of curses against thieves and liars, and a woman representing wickedness carried away to Babylon. Below is a research summary for Zechariah 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 11
- verses
- 155 / 74
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Zechariah 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵיפָה | ʼêyphâh | H374 | 5 | ephah, measure |
| יָצָא | yâtsâʼ | H3318 | 6 | go, bring |
| נָשָׂא | nâsâʼ | H5375 | 5 | lift |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 5 | see |
| כָּנָף | kânâph | H3671 | 3 | edge, extremity |
| עַיִן | ʻayin | H5869 | 4 | eye, fountain |
| עוֹפֶרֶת | ʻôwphereth | H5777 | 2 | lead, dusty |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Zechariah 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Hitherto we have seen visions of peace only, and all the words we have heard have been good words and comfortable words. But the pillar of cloud and fire has a black and dark side towards the Egyptians, as well as a bright and pleasant side towards Israel; so have Zechariah's visions; for God's prophets are not only his ambassadors, to treat of peace with the sons of peace, but heralds, to proclaim war against those that delight in war, and persist in their rebellion. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Zechariah 5:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Shinar— Zech 5:11
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