OUTLINE ZECHARIAH CHAPTER FIVE VISION OF A LARGE FLYING ROLL V. 1-4 VISION OF THE EPHAH AND A WOMAN V. 5-11

READ: ZECHARIAH 5:1-2 1 I turned and raised my eyes and I saw there a flying scroll. 2 He said to me, What do you see? I answered, I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:1-2 1 I turned and raised my eyes and I saw there a flying scroll. 2 He said to me, What do you see? I answered, I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits. THIS IS ZECHARIAH’S SIXTH VISION WHAT DID ZECHARIAH SEE? WHO IS HE? READ: ZECHARIAH 5:5 5 The angel who talked with me came out and said to me, Lift your eyes now and see what this is that goes forth. WHAT IS A SCROLL?

WHAT IS A SCROLL? SCROLL (ROLL) A ROLL OF PAPYRUS, LEATHER OR PARCHMENT USED FOR WRITING A DOCUMENT OR A BOOK IN ANCIENT TIMES THIS IS WHAT THE SCRIBES WROTE ON THE WORD SCROLL IS USED ONLY IN EZRA - PSALMS - ISAIAH - JEREMIAH EZEKIEL - ZECHARIAH - REVELATION MOST OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A BOOK

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:1-2 WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON THE SCROLLS? READ: EZRA 6:2-3 2 At Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found and in it a record was written thus: 3 In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits, READ: JEREMIAH 36:1-2 1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying: 2 Take a scroll of a book and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah even to this day. (NKJ) DID THIS APPLY TO ALL NATIONS?

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:1-2 WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON THE SCROLLS? READ: EXODUS 17:14 14 The LORD said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. (NKJ) READ: EZEKIEL 2:9-10 9 When I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it. 10 He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe. (NKJ) READ: REVELATION 5:1 1 I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:1-2 WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON THE SCROLLS? READ: DANIEL 7:10 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, and the books were opened. (NKJ) READ: DANIEL 9:2 2 In the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. (NKJ) READ: REVELATION 20:12 12 I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. The dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:1-2 1 I turned and raised my eyes and I saw there a flying scroll. 2 He said to me, What do you see? I answered, I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits. WHAT WERE THE DIMENSION OF THIS SCROLL? 30 FEET LONG 18 FEET WIDE WHY SO LARGE? WHAT IS A FLYING SCROLL?

READ: ZECHARIAH 5:3-4 3 He said to me, This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: Every thief shall be expelled, according to this side of the scroll; and, Every perjurer shall be expelled,' according to that side of it. 4 I will send out the curse, says the LORD of hosts; It shall enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It shall remain in the midst of his house and consume it, with its timber and stones.

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:3-4 3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: Every thief shall be expelled, according to this side of the scroll; and, Every perjurer shall be expelled, according to that side of it. 4 I will send out the curse, says the LORD of hosts; It shall enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It shall remain in the midst of his house and consume it, with its timber and stones. WHAT DID THE ANGEL SAY TO ZECHARIAH? HOW MANY SIDES DID THIS SCROLL HAVE? WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON THIS SCROLL? WHO IS TO BE CURSED? WHY?

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:3-4 WHAT WAS WRITTEN? READ: EXODUS 32:15-16 15 Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written. 16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets. (NKJ) READ: EZEKIEL 2:9-10 9 I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it. 10 He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:3-4 WHAT WAS WRITTEN? TEN COMMANDMENTS? READ: EXODUS 20:1-17 1 God spoke all these words, saying: 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 You shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 But showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:3-4 WHAT WAS WRITTEN? TEN COMMANDMENTS? READ: EXODUS 20:1-17 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. 12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:3-4 WHAT WAS WRITTEN? TEN COMMANDMENTS? READ: EXODUS 20:1-17 13 You shall not murder. 14 You shall not commit adultery. 15 You shall not steal. 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:3-4 3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: Every thief shall be expelled, according to this side of the scroll; and, Every perjurer shall be expelled, according to that side of it. WHY ONLY THE THIEF AND THE PERJURER? READ: EXODUS 20:15-16 15 You shall not steal. 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. READ: JAMES 2:10 10 Whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:3-4 3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: Every thief shall be expelled, according to this side of the scroll; and, Every perjurer shall be expelled, according to that side of it. 4 I will send out the curse, says the LORD of hosts; It shall enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It shall remain in the midst of his house and consume it, with its timber and stones. WHO IS TO BE CURSED? WHY? READ: DEUTERONOMY 27:26 26 Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law. And all the people shall say, Amen! (NKJ) READ: PROVERBS 3:33 33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the just. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:3-4 WHAT WILL THE WORD OF THE LORD ACCOMPLISH? READ: ISAIAH 55:11 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. (NKJ) READ: HEBREWS 4:12-13 12 The word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 There is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

READ THE KING JAMES VERSION READ: ZECHARIAH 5:5-7 5 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. 6 So I asked, What is it? And he said, It is a basket that is going forth. He also said, This is their resemblance throughout the earth: 7 Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket; READ THE KING JAMES VERSION

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:5-7 5 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. 6 I asked, What is it? And he said, It is a basket that is going forth. He also said, This is their resemblance throughout the earth: 7 Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket; (NKJV) WHO IS TALKING TO ZECHARIAH? ANGEL? WHAT DID HE SAY TO ZECHARIAH? HOW DID ZECHARIAH RESPOND? WHAT DID THE ANGEL SAY? WHAT IS IN THE BASKET? WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:5-7 5 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. 6 I asked, What is it? And he said, It is a basket that is going forth. He also said, This is their resemblance throughout the earth: THIS IS ZECHARIAH’S SEVENTH VISION WHO IS TALKING TO ZECHARIAH? ANGEL? WHAT DID HE SAY TO ZECHARIAH? HOW DID ZECHARIAH RESPOND? WHAT DID THE ANGEL SAY? KING JAMES CALLS THIS BASKET AN EPHAH

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:5-7 WHAT DOES THIS BASKET REPRESENT? A BASKET IS USED TO MEASURE DRY GOODS READ: MICAH 6:10-11 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is an abomination? 11 Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, and with the bag of deceitful weights? (NKJ) READ: AMOS 8:4-6 4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, and make the poor of the land fail, 5 Saying: When will the New Moon be past, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit, 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals-- even sell the bad wheat? (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:5-7 WHAT WAS BELSHAZZAR’S DREAM? READ: DANIEL 5:26-28 26 This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; 27 TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; 28 PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. (NKJ) WHAT HAPPENED TO BELSHAZZAR?

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:5-7 6 I asked, What is it? And he said, It is a basket that is going forth. He also said, This is their resemblance throughout the earth: 7 Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket; (NKJV) READ: ZECHARIAH 5:5-7 6 I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goes forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sits in the midst of the ephah. (KJV) AN EPHAH IS A BASKET AN EPHAH IS THE LARGEST UNIT OF DRY MEASURE EPHAH = 10 OMERS = 1 BUSHEL A TALENT IS THE LARGEST UNIT OF MEASURE BY WEIGHT TALENT = 3000 SHEKELS = 125 POUNDS

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:5-7 7 Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket; (NKJV) 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sits in the midst of the ephah. (KJV) HOW LARGE IS THIS BASKET? HOW LARGE WAS THE SCROLL? WHAT WAS IN THE BASKET? WHAT DOES THIS WOMAN REPRESENT?

READ: ZECHARIAH 5:8-9 8 He said, This is Wickedness! And he thrust her down into the basket and threw the lead cover over its mouth. 9 I raised my eyes and looked and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:8-9 8 He said, This is Wickedness! And he thrust her down into the basket and threw the lead cover over its mouth. 9 I raised my eyes and looked and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings. For they had wings like the wings of a stork and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. WHAT DID THE ANGEL SAY? WHAT DID THE ANGEL DO WITH THIS WOMAN? WAS THE BASKET FULL? WHY PUT THE LEAD COVER ON THE BASKET? WHAT DID THIS WOMAN REPRESENT? WHAT DID ZECHARIAH SEE? WHAT DID THESE TWO WOMEN REPRESENT?

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:8-9 8 He said, This is Wickedness! And he thrust her down into the basket and threw the lead cover over its mouth. WHAT DID THE ANGEL SAY? WHAT DID THE ANGEL DO WITH THIS WOMAN? WAS THE BASKET FULL? WHY PUT THE LEAD COVER ON THE BASKET? WHAT DID THIS WOMAN REPRESENT? THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH?

WHAT DID THIS WOMAN REPRESENT? READ: PROVERBS 5:1-7 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; lend your ear to my understanding, 2 That you may preserve discretion, and your lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold of hell. 6 Lest you ponder her path of life-- her ways are unstable; you do not know them. 7 Therefore hear me now, my children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:8-9 WHAT DID JOHN SEE? READ: REVELATION 17:3-5 3 He carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. 5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (NKJ) WHAT DID THIS WOMAN REPRESENT?

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:8-9 9 I raised my eyes and looked and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings. For they had wings like the wings of a stork and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. WHAT DID ZECHARIAH SEE? WHY TWO WOMEN WITH WINGS OF A STORK? AN UNCLEAN BIRD? (LEVITICUS 11:19) WHAT DID THESE TWO WOMEN REPRESENT? BABYLONIANS AND ROMANS? WHO CARRIED ISRAEL AND JUDAH INTO CPATIVITY?

READ: ZECHARIAH 5:10-11 10 I said to the angel who talked with me, Where are they carrying the basket? 11 He said to me, To build a house for it in the land of Shinar. When it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:10-11 10 I said to the angel who talked with me, Where are they carrying the basket? 11 He said to me, To build a house for it in the land of Shinar. When it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base. (NKJ) WHAT DID ZECHARIAH ASK THE ANGEL? WHERE WERE THEY TAKING THE BASKET? WHERE WAS SHINAR? WHAT WERE THEY GOING TO BUILD THERE?

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:10-11 WHERE WAS SHINAR? READ: DANIEL 1:1-2 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the articles of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god. (NKJ) WHERE WAS SHINAR? BABYLON?

QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 5:10-11 10 I said to the angel who talked with me, Where are they carrying the basket? 11 He said to me, To build a house for it in the land of Shinar. When it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base. (NKJ) WHY BUILD HOUSES IN SHINAR? BABYLON? READ: JEREMIAH 29:28 28 He has sent to us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long; build houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens and eat their fruit. (NKJ) HOW LONG WERE THEY IN BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY?