Zechariah 5:9 Meaning and Explanation
“Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.”
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What Does Zechariah 5:9 Mean?
Looking up once more, Zechariah sees two winged figures, borne by the wind, with broad wings like a stork's. They take hold of the sealed basket and raise it up between earth and heaven, carrying wickedness away from the land entirely.
The wind suggests that this removal is carried along by a power beyond the figures themselves. Evil that was named and confined is now carried off, out of the midst of God's people. The vision moves from exposing sin, to sealing it, to bearing it far away, a steady picture of cleansing as God prepares a holy place for Himself.
Zechariah 5:9 in the Original Language
ruach (רוּחַ), 'wind' -- moving air or breath; the same word can mean spirit.
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What does Zechariah 5:9 mean?
Two winged women lift the sealed basket up into the air between earth and sky.