Zechariah 5:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“This woman represents evil,” the angel explained. Then he threw her back into the basket and slammed the heavy cover down tight.

Cross References

Genesis 15:16

Four generations later, your descendants will return here and take this land, because only then will the people who live here be so sinful that they deserve to be punished.

Psalm 38:4

are so heavy that I am crushed.

Proverbs 5:22

Sinners are trapped and caught by their own evil deeds.

Lamentations 1:14

You have tied my sins around my neck, and they weigh so heavily that my strength is gone. You have put me in the power of enemies too strong for me.

Hosea 12:7

Israel, you enjoy cheating and taking advantage of others.

Amos 8:5

You say to yourselves, “How much longer before the end of the New Moon Festival? When will the Sabbath be over? Our wheat is ready, and we want to sell it now. We can't wait to cheat and charge high prices for the grain we sell. We will use dishonest scales

Micah 6:11

But I, the LORD, will punish you for cheating with weights and with measures.

Zechariah 5:7

The lead cover of the basket was opened, and in the basket was a woman.

Matthew 23:32

So keep on doing everything they did.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

They keep us from speaking his message to the Gentiles and from leading them to be saved. The Jews have always gone too far with their sins. Now God has finally become angry and will punish them.