11<\/strong>. To build it a house<\/em> ] The word “it” is feminine (lit. her<\/strong>), and may refer either to the ephah or to the woman, as the words, on her own base<\/em>, at the end of the verse may also do. It is perhaps simplest to understand the reference in both cases to be to the woman, whose destination was by implication asked in the prophet’s question, Zec 5:10<\/span>. The house may be either a dwelling-place, or possibly a temple, “as Dagon (1Sa 5:2-5<\/span>), or Ashtaroth ( Ib<\/em>. 1Sa 5:10<\/span>), or Baal (2Ki 10:23<\/span>), had their houses or temples, a great idol temple in which the God of this world should be worshipped.” Pusey.<\/p>\n in the land of Shinar<\/em> ] i.e. Babylonia, with a reference perhaps to “that first attempt to array a world-empire against God,” which took place in “the land of Shinar.” Gen 11:2<\/span>.<\/p>\n it shall be established<\/em> ] i.e. the house.<\/p>\n and set there<\/em> ] Rather, and she (the woman) shall be made to rest there.<\/strong> The whole verse will then read, as in R. V., To build her an house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place<\/em>.<\/p>\n The Eighth Vision. The Four Chariots<\/em>, Zec 6:1-8<\/span>. In this vision four chariots appear to the prophet coming upon the scene, along the valley or defile between two mountains of brass or copper, Zec 5:1<\/span>. The chariots are drawn by horses of different colours, Zec 5:2-3<\/span>. In answer to the prophet’s enquiry, Zec 5:4<\/span>, the Interpreting Angel informs him that these chariots represent the four spirits or winds of heaven, which are coming forth from the immediate presence of God, charged with the commands which He had there laid upon them, Zec 5:5<\/span>. Of three of these chariots, distinguishing them by the colours of the horses which are yoked to them, the angel then announces the destination. Passing by the first chariot to which red horses were attached, he says that the second which had black horses was on its way to “the north country,” the land of Babylon, to be followed thither by the third which was drawn by white horses. The fourth chariot, with its speckled, or piebald horses, was about to visit “the south country,” Zec 5:6<\/span>; but inasmuch as its horses were specially “strong,” their commission was extended, and the whole earth granted them for their course, Zec 5:7<\/span>. Upon this the Interpreting Angel cries aloud to the prophet in the name of Jehovah, that by the mission of these His messengers of wrath, His sore displeasure (chap. Zec 1:15<\/span>) against His enemies and the enemies of His people in the north country is appeased, and His spirit quieted, Zec 5:8<\/span>.<\/p>\n To build it an house in the land of Shinar – <\/B>The name of Shinar, though strictly Babylonia, carries back to an older power than the world-empire of Babylon; which now too was destroyed. In the land of Shinar Gen 11:2<\/span> was that first attempt to array a world-empire against God, ere mankind was ye dispersed. And so it is the apter symbol of the antitheist or anti-Christian world, which by violence, art, falsehood, sophistry, wars against the truth. To this great world-empire it was to be removed; yet to live there, no longer cramped and confined as within an Ephah, but in pomp and splendor. A house or temple was to be built for it, for its honor and glory; as Dagon 1Sa 5:2-5<\/span> or Ashtaroth 1Sa 31:10<\/span>, or Baal 2Ki 10:23<\/span> had their houses or temples, a great idol temple, in which the god of this world should be worshiped.<\/P> And it – <\/B> – The house, shall be established firmly on its base, like the house of God, and it, (wickedness) shall be tranquilly rested on its base, as an idol in its temple, until the end come. In the end, the belief of those of old was, that the Jews would have great share in the antagonism to Christ and His empire. At the first, they were the great enemies of the faith, and sent forth, Justin says, , those everywhere who should circulate the calumnies against Christians, which were made a ground of early persecutions. In the end, it was believed, that antichrist should be from them, that they would receive him as their Christ, the last fulfillment of our Lords words, I am come in My Fathers name and ye receive Me not; another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive Joh 5:43<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 11<\/span>. To build it a house in the land of Shinar<\/B><\/I>] The land of Shinar<\/I> means Babylon<\/I>; and Babylon<\/I> means Rome<\/I>, in the Apocalypse. The building the house<\/I> for the woman imprisoned in the ephah may signify, that there should be a long captivity<\/I> under the Romans<\/I>, as there was under that of Shinar<\/I> or Babylon<\/I>, by which Rome<\/I> may here be represented. That house<\/I> remains to the present day: the Jewish woman<\/I> is still in the ephah<\/I>; it is set on its own<\/I> base<\/I>-continues still as a distinct nation<\/I>; and the talent of<\/I> lead<\/I>-God’s displeasure-is still on the top. O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel!<\/P> <\/p>\n The angel gives him an answer fuller than his question, and first tells the prophet what was to be done with it. <\/P> To build it a house, <\/B>not in mercy, but in judgment, as intending the next deportation should not be, as the first, for seventy years, but for ever they should never return. <\/P> In the land of Shinar; <\/B>of Babylon, whither many of the Jews fled, and so by voluntary exile fulfilled this prophecy; Whither others of them were forced by the Romans. <\/P> It shall be established, and set there; <\/B>there they shall be confined without hope of release. <\/P> Upon her own base; <\/B>not on the foundation of Gods promise and covenant, but the base of their sins. <\/P> <\/p>\n 11. To build . . . house in . . .Shinar<\/B>Babylonia (Ge 10:10<\/span>),the capital of the God-opposed world kingdoms, and so representing ingeneral the seat of irreligion. As the “building of houses”in Babylon (Jer 29:5<\/span>; Jer 29:28<\/span>)by the Jews themselves expressed their long exile there, so thebuilding of an house for “wickedness” there implies itspermanent stay. <\/P> set . . . upon her ownbase<\/B>fixed there as in its proper place. “Wickedness”being cast out of Judah, shall for ever dwell with the antichristianapostates (of whom Babylon is the type), who shall reap the fruit ofit, which they deserve.<\/P><\/p>\n And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar<\/strong>,…. That is, in the province of Babylon, as the Targum paraphrases it; for Babel, or Babylon, was in the land of Shinar,<\/p>\n Ge 10:10<\/span> whither the Jews were carried captive, Da 1:2<\/span><\/p>\n Isa 11:11<\/span>, and the bearing of the “ephah” thither may denote the cause of their captivity, the measure of sins filled up by them: though this some understand of the like injuries, oppressions, and vexations, brought upon the Chaldeans in the land of Shinar, which they before exercised towards and upon the Jews; and others of the rejection of wicked men from among the Jews, by Ezra and Nehemiah, transporting them as it were back to Babylon again: others of the dispersion of the Jews by the Romans, who chiefly settled after that in the eastern parts of the world; though indeed the whole world was a land of Shinar, or “shaking out” n unto them; they being shook out of their own land, and scattered about everywhere; which dispersion has been long and lasting, notorious and conspicuous; and they are now settled upon their own base, established upon their former principles of legality and self-righteousness, and rejection of the true Messiah; or rather this may be understood of the transfer of the ephah, or whole measure of iniquity, into mystical Babylon. The antichristian church of Rome is called Babylon; she is represented as a sink of sin, a mystery of iniquity, Re 17:5<\/span> and a house being built for this man of sin, antichrist, denotes the continuance of him; and being established on its own base, shows the false foundation on which the church of Rome is built, and her carnal security. So Cocceius, by the “two women”, understands the two kingdoms or powers of antichrist, the civil and ecclesiastical powers; which support the man of sin, lift him up, and give him the highest place in the church, and fix his seat where idolatry and persecution reign, as formerly did in Babylon, in the land of Shinar. Though the whole may very well be applied to the last and everlasting punishment of sin and sinners, when the whole measure is filled up. The end of sin and sinners is death and everlasting destruction. The ephah, and the woman in it, are carried, not upwards to heaven, nor to the New Jerusalem, but to the land of Shinar, the land of shaking; to hell, where are utter darkness, weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth; where a house is built for them, which denotes their continuance there; and which, being established on its own base, shows their punishment shall forever remain; their worm never dies; their fire is not quenched; the smoke of it ascends for ever and ever; their destruction is an everlasting destruction.<\/p>\n n “terra excussionis”, Menoch ins.<\/p>\n (11) Land of Shinar.<\/strong>Where mankind had first organised a rebellion against God (Gen. 12:2<\/span>); it was also the land of the Captivity of the Jews (Babylonia).<\/p>\n This vision is a circumstantial symbolisation of the promise given in Zec. 3:9<\/span> : I will remove the iniquity of the land in one day. While it is a promise of the remission of the punishment of their iniquity (for in Hebrew, iniquity often means punishment<\/em>),<\/em> it serves also as an exhortation to the returned exiles to leave in Babylon the iniquity which had been the cause of their being transported thither.<\/p>\n Zec 5:11<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>To build it<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> To build her her. <\/em>The woman mentioned Zec 5:7-9<\/span>. A house denotes a fixed and settled habitation, See Jer 29:5<\/span>. <\/p>\n The land of Shinar<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> That is, the land of Babylon, Gen 11:2<\/span>. But this does not necessarily imply, that Babylon would be the scene of the next captivity; but only that the people in case of fresh transgression might expect another severe captivity, like that in Babylon, but of still longer duration. In this manner Egypt is used proverbially for any grievous calamity inflicted by the judgment of God. See Deu 28:68<\/span>. Hos 8:13<\/span>; Hos 9:3<\/span>. The last clause of this verse should be rendered, And when it is prepared, then shall she be made to rest there according to what is prepared for her.<\/em> <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS.<\/strong>1st, A new vision here appears, big with terrible judgment against the wicked. <\/p>\n 1. The prophet, looking upwards, beheld a flying roll; <\/em>and, being asked what he saw, describes a strange sight; a roll of vast length appeared expanded in the air, and carried by the wind. <\/p>\n 2. This is explained to him by the angel, as containing the curse, <\/em>the long catalogue of lamentations, mourning, and woe, which are the wages of sin; that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth; <\/em>either the world in general, where all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; or over the whole land of Israel, which seems principally intended. Note; <\/em>Sinners, whose eyes are blinded by the god of this world, see no danger, and walk on fearless and secure; but the enlightened mind, that looks into God’s word, beholds with trembling the wrath which hangs over their devoted heads, and wonders at their insensibility. <\/p>\n 3. The crimes here particularly charged upon them are theft <\/em>and perjury. <\/em>The curse lies against every one that stealeth, <\/em>whether robbing God, Mal 3:8<\/span> or man, their parents or others; whether in the lesser acts of fraud, imposition, deceit, and knavery; or the more atrocious deeds of open violence; and every one that sweareth, <\/em>profanely, rashly, passionately, thoughtlessly, falsely, shall be cut off; <\/em>God will not hold them guiltless; wrath is upon them. <\/p>\n 4. God will himself fearfully execute the curse denounced on these criminals: I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of Hosts. <\/em>It shall not only cut off the sinners themselves, and destroy both soul and body in hell; but it shall entail temporal ruin upon their whole house, and, like the plague of leprosy prove incurable, till the whole be utterly demolished and laid in ruins. <\/p>\n 2nd, Another vision succeeds, dark and hard to be understood. The prophet is commanded to look up, and say what he saw; but, through the distance, or dimness of his sight, he does not distinctly perceive the object, and asks, what it is; <\/em>and is answered: <\/p>\n 1. It is an ephah, <\/em>a measure containing about seven gallons, and seems to signify the measure of the iniquity of the Jewish people. And he said moreover, This is<\/em> their resemblance through all the earth; <\/em>throughout Judaea, or through all the countries where they were dispersed, their wickedness abounded, and especially in the times of Christ the measure of their sins was filled fast. <\/p>\n 2. A woman <\/em>appears, sitting in the midst of the ephah, <\/em>the representative of the sinners among them, and a lively figure of her who afterwards should arise, the mother of harlots. And he said, This is wickedness, <\/em>intimating the exceeding sinfulness of their iniquity, who, being professors of godliness, had so grievously degenerated. <\/p>\n 3. A talent of lead is cast as a cover on the mouth of the ephah, to shew how insupportable the load would be on the impenitent. REFLECTIONS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Reader! we have presented to us in this Chapter under a double vision, the awfulness of sin, and the universal influence of it; for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Pause over the alarming subject. Think what circumstances of guilt, and an estrangement from God, our whole nature was involved in by the fall! And when you have duly pondered the solemn consideration, then look up for grace from God the Holy Ghost, to contemplate the glorious person, and the wonderful work he wrought in the accomplishment of it, by whom cometh salvation. Precious Lord Jesus! when thou sawest the state of our poor nature, oppressed, and bound with the talent of lead, unable to move, or even cry for help, our whole nature like the Ephah, filled with guilt; then the compassion of thine heart moved thee to fly to our rescue, and by a means so wonderful as the sacrifice of thyself, thou hast taken away our sins, and removed them into a land not inhabited. Hail! thou glorious Benefactor of mankind. May every knee bend before thee, and every tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.<\/p>\n Zec 5:11 And 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 11. To build it an house in the land of Shinar<\/strong> ] That is, of Babylon, Gen 10:10<\/span> ; Gen 11:2<\/span> , where various of the Jews still remained in wilful exile, as loth to leave their houses and gardens, which they had builded and planted there, Jer 29:5<\/span> , preferring captivity before liberty, see 1Ch 4:22-23<\/span> . Hence, upon their final dispersion by the Romans, various of them resorted there for entertainment. There Peter, the apostle of the circumcision, had collected an elected Church, 1Pe 5:13<\/span> , and thence he writeth his epistle to the sojourning Jews scattered through those eastern parts, 1Pe 1:1<\/span> , from whence also those kings of the east, Rev 16:12<\/span> , the converted Jews (as some expound it), are expected. And who can tell whether this land of Shinar be not the same with that land of Sinim? Isa 49:12<\/span> ; confer Isa 11:16<\/span> Zec 10:11<\/span> . Or, by the land of Shinar here, may be meant exilium totius orbis,<\/em> their general rejection by all nations; the whole world being to them Shinar, that is, a land of excussion. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And it shall be established, &c.<\/strong> ] This denoteth the diuturnity or perpetuity of their punishment.<\/p>\n it = for her. Hebrew Feminine. Singular. <\/p>\n the land of Shinar = Babylonia. Reference to Pentateuch (Gen 10:10; Gen 11:2; Gen 14:1, Gen 14:9). App-92. Outside the Pentateuch only in Jos 7:21. Isa 11:11. Dan 1:2. <\/p>\n it shall be established = it (i.e. the house, Hebrew, masculine singular) shall be ready (or prepared). Revised Version = when it is prepared. <\/p>\n set there = fixed, or settled. Septuagint, and Syriac, rend “they (i.e. the two women) shall settle her there”. <\/p>\n base = fixed resting-place. The interpretation must refer to what is yet future. It cannot refer to the going into captivity; for the People had just returned, and Zechariah had been raised up for their comfort and encouragement. When the time comes, it will be marked by commerce (ephah), false religion (the woman), speedy accomplishment (the wings of a stork), and a spirit in their wings. This will be preparatory to the final judgment of Rev 18.<\/p>\n Shinar <\/p>\n i.e. Babylonia. Dan 1:2 <\/p>\n unto: Deu 28:59, Jer 29:28, Hos 3:4, Luk 21:24 <\/p>\n the land: Gen 10:10, Gen 11:2, Gen 14:1, Isa 11:11, Dan 1:2<\/p>\n Zec 5:11. They were going to the land of Shinar which represents Babylonia according to Gen 10:10. Be established . . . upon its own base. This signifies that such abomination as idolatry belongs in a country like Babylonia, and the history shows that when Judah left that country, she left her idolatry of all forms there for ever. This testimony is presented in a long note in connection with the comments on Isa 1:25, volume 3 of this Commetary.<\/p>\n 5:11 And he said to me, To build for it an house in the land of {l} Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.<\/p>\n (l) To remove the iniquity and affliction that came from Judah because of the judgment, to place it forever in Babylon.<\/p>\n And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base. 11. To build it a house ] The word “it” is feminine (lit. her), and may refer either to the ephah or to the woman, as the words, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 5:11”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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4. Two women came forth with wings like a stork, and lifting up the ephah, with the wind in their wings, swiftly conveyed it to the land of Shinar, or Babylon, where they built the woman a house, &c. See the notes. And these seem to represent the Roman armies, swiftly marching to the destruction of Jerusalem, and carrying the Jewish nation into a more dreadful captivity, and of much longer continuance, than they had endured in Babylon: and to this day we see them sunk under this load.
Some refer this to antichrist, and his destruction: and it may well be applied to the eternal perdition of all ungodly men, who, when the measure of their iniquity is full, will be caught away from the earth, under their load of guilt, and cast down into Shinar, into the everlasting burnings, where is weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. <\/p>\nFuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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