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Zechariah 5:11

Context
NETBible

He replied, “To build a temple 1  for her in the land of Babylonia. 2  When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.”

XREF

Ge 10:10; Ge 11:2; Ge 14:1; De 28:59; Isa 11:11; Jer 29:28; Da 1:2; Ho 3:4; Lu 21:24

NET © Notes

tn Heb “house” (so NIV, NRSV, CEV).

sn The land of Babylonia (Heb “the land of Shinar”) is another name for Sumer and Akkad, where Babylon was located (Gen 10:10). Babylon throughout the Bible symbolizes the focus of anti-God sentiment and activity (Gen 11:4; 14:1; Isa 13–14; 47:1-3; Jer 50–51; Rev 14:8; 17:1, 5, 18; 18:21).



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