Zechariah 5:1

Translations

Modern

Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.

Traditional

Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

Literal

And I turned and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a flying scroll.

Latin

Et conversus sum, et levavi oculos meos, et vidi, et ecce volumen volans.

Original

Hebrew

English

Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.

Notes

Zechariah 5:1

Again I lifted up my eyes: This is the sixth of eight visions Zechariah had in one night.
A scroll, similar to a book in biblical times, was usually made of rolled parchment or leather, but sometimes of papyrus, tin, or copper. This scroll was flying, unfurled like a banner for everyone to see.

Zechariah 5:1–4

Zechariah's vision of the flying scroll reminded the leaders and people of Judah after the exile that they still had to follow God's commands. The blessings and curses of the law still applied (see Deuteronomy 28).

Zechariah 1:7–6:15

These eight visions helped the Judeans overcome their fears and trust in God's promises. The visions happened two months after Haggai's last two messages (Haggai 2:10–19, 20–23). They suggest that Haggai's prophecies were coming true.

Events

Prophecies of Zechariahc. 520 BC

Related verses

Zechariah 5:2
“What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
Ezekiel 2:9–10
Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,
Isaiah 8:1
Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Jeremiah 36:1–6
In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Jeremiah 36:27–32
After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
Jeremiah 36:20–24
So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
Revelation 5:1–14
Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
Revelation 10:2
He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
Revelation 10:8–11
Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”

Glossary

Apocalyptic Zechariah, Book of

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