Zechariah 5:5
New International Version
Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what is appearing.”

New Living Translation
Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said, “Look up and see what’s coming.”

English Standard Version
Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.”

Berean Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”

King James Bible
Then 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.

New King James Version
Then the angel who talked with me came out and said to me, “Lift your eyes now, and see what this is that goes forth.”

New American Standard Bible
Then the angel who had been speaking with me went out and said to me, “Now raise your eyes and see what this is that is going forth.”

NASB 1995
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth.”

NASB 1977
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes, and see what this is, going forth.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth.”

Amplified Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and said to me, “Now look up and see what this is going forth.”

Christian Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Look up and see what this is that is approaching.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Look up and see what this is that is approaching.”

American Standard Version
Then 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.

Contemporary English Version
Now the angel who was there to explain the visions came over and said, "Look up and tell me what you see coming."

English Revised Version
Then 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The angel who was speaking with me came forward. He said, "Look up, and see what's coming."

Good News Translation
The angel appeared again and said, "Look! Something else is coming!"

International Standard Version
Then the angel who had been talking with me stepped forward and told me, "Please look up and see what's going out."

Majority Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, ?Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.?

NET Bible
After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, "Look, see what is leaving."

New Heart English Bible
Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing."

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up now thy eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

World English Bible
Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is that is appearing.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the messenger who is speaking with me goes forth and says to me, “Now lift up your eyes, and [do you] see what this [is] that is coming forth?”

Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger who is speaking with me goeth forth, and saith unto me, 'Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see what is this that is coming forth?'

Smith's Literal Translation
And the messenger speaking with me will go forth and say to me, Lift up now thine eyes and see what this going forth.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the angel went forth that spoke in me, and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what this is, that goeth forth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the angel had departed, who was speaking with me. And he said to me, “Lift up your eyes, and see what this is, that goes forth.”

New American Bible
Then the angel who spoke with me came forward and said to me, “Raise your eyes and look. What is this that comes forth?”

New Revised Standard Version
Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what this is that is coming out.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then the angel who talked with me went forth and said to me, Lift up your eyes and see what is this that goes forth.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the Angel who spoke with me went out and he said to me: “Lift your eyes and see what this is that goes out”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Then the angel that spoke with me went forth, and said unto me: 'Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up thine eyes, and see this that goes forth.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Vision of the Woman in a Basket
5Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.” 6“What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”…

Cross References
Revelation 18:1-3
After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory. / And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”

Revelation 17:1-6
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...

Revelation 14:8
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

Revelation 18:21-24
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. / And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” ...

Revelation 18:9-10
Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. / In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

Revelation 18:4-5
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. / For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

Revelation 18:11-13
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves.

Revelation 18:15-19
The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. They will weep and mourn, / saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! / For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance ...

Revelation 18:23
The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”

Revelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

Jeremiah 51:7-9
Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad. / Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed. / “We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”

Jeremiah 25:15-16
This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”

Jeremiah 51:25-26
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain. / No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:45-48
Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD. / Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year—and then another the next year—of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler. / Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her. ...

Jeremiah 51:60-64
Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon. / And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud, / and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’ ...


Treasury of Scripture

Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that goes forth.

the angel.

Zechariah 1:9,14,19
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be

Zechariah 2:3
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

Zechariah 4:5
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

Lift.

Zechariah 5:1
Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

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1. By the flying scroll is shown the curse of thieves and swearers;
5. and by a woman pressed in an ephah the final judgment of wickedness.














Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me
In the book of Zechariah, angels often serve as messengers and interpreters of visions. This particular angel is a divine guide, providing clarity and understanding to the prophet. The presence of angels in Zechariah's visions underscores the heavenly origin of the messages and the importance of divine revelation. Angels are frequently depicted as God's messengers throughout the Bible, such as in Genesis 19 with Lot and in Luke 1 with Mary. The angel's role here is to ensure that Zechariah comprehends the vision, which is crucial for conveying God's message to the people.

“Now lift up your eyes and see
The command to "lift up your eyes" is a call to attention and awareness, urging Zechariah to focus on the vision being presented. This phrase is often used in Scripture to signify the need for spiritual insight and understanding beyond the physical realm. For example, in Genesis 13:14, God tells Abram to lift up his eyes to see the land promised to him. It is an invitation to perceive divine realities and truths that are not immediately apparent. This call to see is not just physical but spiritual, encouraging the prophet to discern the deeper meaning of the vision.

what is approaching.”
The phrase "what is approaching" indicates an impending event or revelation. In the context of Zechariah's visions, it often signifies a future occurrence or judgment. This particular vision involves a flying scroll, symbolizing God's judgment against sin, specifically theft and falsehood, as detailed in the subsequent verses. The notion of something approaching can also be seen in prophetic literature as a forewarning of God's intervention, as in the coming of the Day of the Lord described in Joel 2. It serves as a reminder of the certainty of God's plans and the need for readiness and repentance among His people.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Zechariah
A prophet of the post-exilic period, Zechariah is the recipient of visions and messages from God, intended to encourage and guide the Israelites as they rebuild Jerusalem and the temple.

2. The Angel
A divine messenger who communicates God's visions and messages to Zechariah. This angel serves as a guide and interpreter for Zechariah's visions.

3. The Vision
This particular vision is part of a series of eight visions given to Zechariah, each with symbolic meaning related to the restoration and future of Israel.
Teaching Points
Divine Communication
God often uses intermediaries, such as angels, to communicate His will and plans to His people. This underscores the importance of being attentive to God's messages, whether through Scripture, prayer, or other means.

Spiritual Awareness
The command to "lift up your eyes" suggests the need for spiritual awareness and readiness to perceive God's work in our lives. We should cultivate a mindset that is open to seeing beyond the physical and into the spiritual realities.

God's Active Involvement
The vision indicates that God is actively involved in the affairs of His people. We can take comfort in knowing that God is not distant but is working out His purposes in the world.

Symbolism in Scripture
Understanding the symbolic nature of biblical visions can enrich our interpretation of Scripture. We should seek to understand the cultural and historical context to grasp the full meaning of these symbols.Verses 5-11 - § 9. The seventh vision: the woman in the ephah. Verse 5. - Went forth. While the prophet meditated on the last vision, the interpreting angel retired into the background or among the company of angels; he now comes into view again to explain a new revelation closely connected with the former. That goeth forth. That comes into sight from the surrounding darkness. As the preceding vision denoted that sinners should be extirpated, so the present vision shows how iniquity itself, the very principle of evil, should be removed from the Holy Land.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then the angel
הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ (ham·mal·’āḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

who was speaking
הַדֹּבֵ֣ר (had·dō·ḇêr)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

with me came forward
וַיֵּצֵ֕א (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

and told
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

me,
אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“Now
נָ֤א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

lift up
שָׂ֣א (śā)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

your eyes
עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ (‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

and see
וּרְאֵ֔ה (ū·rə·’êh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

what
מָ֖ה (māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is approaching.”
הַיּוֹצֵ֥את (hay·yō·w·ṣêṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim


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