Zechariah:5:5-11
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Then the Angel that talked with me ,
went foorth ,
and said vnto me ,
Lift vp now thine eyes ,
and see what is this that goeth foorth .
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And I said ,
What [
is ]
it ?
And he said ,
This [
is ]
an (
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Which was a measure in dry things ,
containing about five gallons .(:
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ephah that goeth forth .
He said moreover ,
This [
is ]
their That is ,
all the wickedness of the ungodly is in God '
s sight ,
which he keeps in a measure ,
and can shut it or open it at his pleasure .
resemblance through all the earth .
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And ,
behold ,
there was lifted up a (
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To cover the measure .(:
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talent of lead :
and this [
is ]
a Which represents iniquity ,
as in the next verse .
woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah .
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And he said ,
This [
is ] (
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Signifying that Satan would not have such power against the Jews to tempt them ,
as he had in times past ,
but that God would shut up iniquity in a measure as in a prison .(:
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wickedness .
And he cast it into the midst of the ephah ;
and he cast the weight of lead upon its mouth .
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Then I lifted up my eyes ,
and looked ,
and ,
behold ,
there came out two (
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Which declared that God would execute his judgment by the means of the weak and infirm .(:
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women ,
and the wind [
was ]
in their wings ;
for they had wings like the wings of a stork :
and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven .
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Then saide I to the Angel that talked with me ,
Whither doe these beare the Ephah ?
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And he said to me ,
To build for it an house in the land of (
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To remove the iniquity and affliction that came from Judah because of the judgment ,
to place it forever in Babylon .(:
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Shinar :
and it shall be established ,
and set there upon her own base .