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Zechariah 5:1–4 – The flying scroll

What happens: Zechariah sees a large flying scroll that carries a curse. It goes out over the whole land, entering the house of the thief and the one who swears falsely, consuming it.

What it means: God’s word exposes and judges personal sin. His holiness reaches into private spaces. Covenant life requires truth and integrity.

Zechariah 5:5–11 – Wickedness in the ephah

What happens: A woman called Wickedness sits in an ephah. Two winged women lift the ephah and carry it to the land of Shinar to build a house for it.

What it means: God removes systemic evil from His people and confines it to its own place. He is not only cleansing individuals but also purging structures. Holiness means both personal righteousness and a purified community.

Application

  • Confess and turn from theft, lies, and all private sins.
  • Work to remove structural evil, not just visible symptoms.
  • Trust God to cleanse His people so worship and justice can flourish.

Bible

1Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

4I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

5Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

7And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

8And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

9Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two 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.

10Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

11And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

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