Zechariah 5:11
“And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar,.... That is, in the province of Babylon, as the Targum…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
To build it an house in the land of Shinar - The name of Shinar, though strictly Babylonia, carries back to an older…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
To build it a house in the land of Shinar - The land of Shinar means Babylon; and Babylon means Rome, in the Apocalypse.…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Zechariah 5:5-11
The foregoing vision was very plain and easy, but in this are things dark and hard to be understood; and some think that…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
To build it a house The word "it" is feminine (lit. her), and may refer either to the ephah or to the woman, as the…
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