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Zechariah 5:10

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Zechariah 5:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
Zechariah 5:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Zechariah 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7(and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.
8And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
9Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.
10Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
11And he said unto me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then said I to the angel that talked with me; etc.] This the prophet said after he had seen the “ephah” come forth; the woman, wickedness, cast into it, and the talent of lead upon her; and the two women lifting up the ephah between heaven and earth: Whither do these bear the ephah? he neither asks what the ephah signified, nor who were the women that bore it, but only whither they bore it.”
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