“(and behold, a talentA talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds. of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel basket.””
— WEB
Zechariah 5:7
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“And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.”
— KJV
“(and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.”
— ASV
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Commentary
lifted up--The cover is lifted off the ephah to let the prophet see the female personification of "wickedness" within, about to be removed from Judea. The cover being "of lead," implies that the "woman" cannot escape from the ponderous load which presses her down. talent--literally, "a round piece": hence a talent, a weight of one hundred twenty-five pounds troy. woman--for comparison of "wickedness" to a woman, Pro 2:16; Pro 5:3-4. In personifying abstract terms, the feminine is used, as the idea of giving birth to life is associated with woman.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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