Zechariah 5:6-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 I said, “What is it?” And he answered, “This is the basket[a] that is coming.” And he said, “This is their guilt in all the land.” 7 Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.[b] 8 He said, “This is Wickedness,” and he thrust her inside the basket, pushing the leaden weight into the opening.
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- 5:6 Basket: literally, ephah, a dry measure; see note on Is 5:10.
- 5:7 Woman sitting inside the basket: figure representing wickedness or foreign idolatry being transported back to Babylonia (vv. 1–11). Returning exiles were apparently worshiping deities they had learned to accept in Babylonia, and that “wickedness” (v. 8) must be removed.
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