# Zechariah 05 📖: The Flying Scroll and the Basket [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Zechariah Overview]] | [[Zechariah 04]] | [[Zechariah 06]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Vision Six: The Flying Scroll [[#Verse 01.]] Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll!  [[#Verse 02.]] Someone asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a flying scroll 30 feet long and 15 feet wide.”  [[#Verse 03.]] The speaker went on to say, “This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”  [[#Verse 04.]] “I will send it out,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.” ### Vision Seven: The Ephah [[#Verse 05.]] After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, “Look, see what is leaving.”  [[#Verse 06.]] I asked, “What is it?” And he replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here.” Moreover, he said, “This is their ‘eye’ throughout all the earth.”  [[#Verse 07.]] Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket.  [[#Verse 08.]] He then said, “This woman represents wickedness,” and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top.  [[#Verse 09.]] Then I looked again and saw two women going forth with the wind in their wings (they had wings like those of a stork), and they lifted up the basket between the earth and the sky.  [[#Verse 10.]] I asked the messenger who was speaking to me, “Where are they taking the basket?”  [[#Verse 11.]] He replied, “To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.” ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. The flying scroll was twenty cubits by ten cubits (5:2), roughly thirty feet by fifteen feet. 2. These are the same dimensions as the porch of Solomon's temple (1 Kings 6:3). 3. Scrolls normally had writing on one side, but this one has writing on both sides (5:3), like the tablets of the law (Exodus 32:15). 4. Stealing and swearing falsely by God's name (5:3-4) break the eighth and third commandments. 5. An ephah (5:6) was a common dry measure, here pictured as a basket or container. 6. The basket's cover was made of lead (5:7), a heavy metal that would keep its contents locked inside. 7. The two women had wings like a stork (5:9). The stork was an unclean bird under the law (Leviticus 11:19). 8. Shinar (5:11) is the old name for Babylonia, where the Tower of Babel was built (Genesis 11:2). 9. Wickedness is sent back to Babylon, the place associated with rebellion against God. 10. The sixth and seventh visions show God cleansing the land of sin before His people dwell there. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the One who removes wickedness from His people. The curse of the law goes out against sin (5:3), but Jesus redeemed us from the curse by becoming a curse for us (Galatians 3:13). ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The flying scroll brings a curse on those who steal and swear falsely (5:3-4). Why does God care so much about honesty? 2. The curse enters the thief's house and consumes it (5:4). How does hidden sin affect a whole home? 3. God carries wickedness away from His people (5:9-11). What sin do you need to ask God to remove from your life? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 3: The scroll is the curse going out over the whole land against thieves and liars. - 📖 verse 4: The curse will enter the house of the thief and the one who swears falsely. - 📖 verse 8: The woman in the basket is named Wickedness. ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 [[Galatians 03#Verse 13.|Galatians 3:13]] - Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law. - 🔗 [[Exodus 20#Verse 07.|Exodus 20:7, 15]] - Do not misuse God's name or steal. - 🔗 [[Genesis 11#Verse 01.|Genesis 11:1-9]] - The Tower of Babel in Shinar. - 🔗 [[Revelation 18#Verse 02.|Revelation 18:2]] - Babylon has fallen. - 🔗 [[Micah 07#Verse 19.|Micah 7:19]] - God casts our sins into the sea. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Zechariah 05- SOAP|The God of Justice]] ## 📂 Internal Notes