Zechariah 5:8
Good News Translation
The angel said, "This represents wickedness." Then he pushed her down into the basket and put the lid back down.

New Revised Standard Version
And he said, “This is Wickedness.” So he thrust her back into the basket, and pressed the leaden weight down on its mouth.

Contemporary English Version
"This woman represents evil," the angel explained. Then he threw her back into the basket and slammed the heavy cover down tight.

New American Bible
He said, “This is Wickedness,” and he thrust her inside the basket, pushing the leaden weight into the opening.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

This.

Genesis 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.

Matthew 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

1 Thessalonians 2:16 Prohibiting us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath of God is come upon them to the end.

the weight.

Zechariah 5:7 And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.

Psalm 38:4 For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me.

Proverbs 5:22 He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

Lamentations 1:14 Nun. The yoke of my iniquities hath watched: they are folded together in his hand, and put upon my neck: my strength is weakened: the Lord hath delivered me into a hand, out of which I am not able to rise.

Amos 9:1-4 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more. . . .

Context
The Vision of the Woman in a Basket
7And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel. 8And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.9And I lifted up my eyes and looked: and behold there came out two women, and wind was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite: and they lifted up the vessel between the earth and the heaven.…
Cross References
Hosea 12:7
He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.

Amos 8:5
Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,

Micah 6:11
Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?

Zechariah 5:7
And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.

Zechariah 5:7
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