Zechariah 5:1

Vision Six: The Flying Scroll

5:1 Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll!

Zechariah 5:5

Vision Seven: The Ephah

5:5 After this the angelic messenger ¹  who had been speaking to me went out and said, “Look, see what is leaving.”

Zechariah 5:9

5:9 Then I looked again and saw two women ²  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.

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¹ tn See the note on the expression “angelic messenger” in 1:9.

² sn Here two women appear as the agents of the Lord because the whole scene is feminine in nature. The Hebrew word for “wickedness” in v. 8 (רִשְׁעָה) is grammatically feminine, so feminine imagery is appropriate throughout.