Zechariah 5:6

an ephah Lit. the ephah. Though it seems impossible to fix accurately the size of the Hebrew ephah (Dict. of Bible, Weights and Measures), there can be no doubt that it was not large enough to contain a woman (Zechariah 5:7). "This," then, says the angel, "is the (ideal) ephah, or ephah-like vessel, that is coming forth to view." Comp. for the connection of sin with a measure, Matthew 23:32, and see Genesis 15:16; Jeremiah 51:13.

This is their resemblance Lit. their eye. So we read of the manna, "its eye (i.e. appearance) was as the eye of bdellium," Numbers 11:7. Comp. Leviticus 13:55; Ezekiel 1:4; Ezekiel 1:16.

This is understood by some to mean: "this" ephah, which thou seest is "their resemblance" (i.e. the resemblance of the wicked) "in all the land," inasmuch as they are now no longer scattered over it, as in the preceding vision, but gathered up in one, like the grains of corn in a measure. It is better, however, to give a wider meaning to the word "this," viz. this ephah, with all that you will see in the vision regarding it, is the resemblance or representation of the wicked through all the land, and of what shall befall them.

the earth Rather, the land.