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Book of Zechariah, Chapter 5

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Chapter 5 of Zechariah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Then I raised my eyes again and saw; and, look! a flying scroll.1
  2. So he said to me: “What are you seeing?”2
    ¶ In turn I said: “I am seeing a flying scroll, the length of which is twenty cubits, and the breadth of which is ten cubits.”
  3. ¶ Then he said to me: “This is the curse that is going forth over the surface of all the earth,3 because everyone that is stealing,4 according to it on this side, has gone free of punishment; and everyone making a sworn oath,5 according to it on that side,6 has gone free of punishment.
  4. ‘I have caused it to go forth,’ is the utterance of Jehovah of armies, ‘and it must enter into the house of the thief and into the house of the one making a sworn oath in my name falsely;7 and it must lodge in the midst of his house and exterminate it and its timbers and its stones.’”8
  5. ¶ Then the angel who was speaking with me went forth and said to me: “Raise your eyes, please, and see what this is that is going forth.”
  6. ¶ So I said: “What is it?”
    ¶ In turn he said: “This is the eʹphah[a] measure that is going forth.” And he went on to say: “This is their aspect[b] in all the earth.”[c]
  7. And, look! the circular lid of lead was lifted up; and this is a certain woman sitting in the midst of the eʹphah.
  8. So he said: “This is Wickedness.” And he proceeded to throw her [back] into the midst of the eʹphah,9 after which he threw the lead weight upon its mouth.
  9. ¶ Then I raised my eyes and saw, and here there were two women coming forth, and wind[d] was in their wings. And they had wings like the wings of the stork. And they gradually raised the eʹphah up between the earth and the heavens.
  10. So I said to the angel who was speaking with me: “Where are they taking the eʹphah?”
  11. ¶ In turn he said to me: “In order to build10 for her a house in the land of Shiʹnar;[e]11 and it must be firmly established, and she must be deposited there upon her proper place.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ About 22 L (20 dry qt).
  2. ^ Lit., “eye,” MVg; LXX, “unrighteousness”; Sy, “debt.”
  3. ^ Or, “the land.” Heb., ha·ʼaʹrets.
  4. ^ “And wind.” Heb., weruʹach; Gr., pneuʹma; Lat., spiʹri·tus. See Ge 1:2 ftn, “Force.”
  5. ^ “Shinar,” M; Lat., Senʹna·ar; LXX, “Babylon”; TSy, “Babel.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Je 36:2; Eze 2:9
  2. ^ Zc 4:2
  3. ^ De 11:28; 28:15; Ps 109:17; Is 24:6; Ml 4:6
  4. ^ Ex 20:15; Pr 29:24; Je 7:9; Ho 4:2
  5. ^ Le 19:12; Is 48:1; Je 5:2
  6. ^ Eze 2:10; Re 5:1
  7. ^ Ex 20:7
  8. ^ Le 14:45; Pr 3:33; Jm 5:3
  9. ^ Ge 15:16; Mt 23:32; 1Th 2:16
  10. ^ Je 29:5, 28
  11. ^ Ge 10:10; 11:2; Is 11:11; Da 1:2

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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