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Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and the sky.
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God's Swift and Final Action
The imagery of two women with stork-like wings, propelled by the wind, emphasizes the speed and irresistible force of God's plan. Commentators agree that this vision shows God's action against wickedness is swift, decisive, and cannot be stopped by any earthly power. The removal of the 'ephah' (representing sin) is final and absolute.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There came out two women—It may be that there is no symbol in this, but that he names women because it was a woman who was carried in this w…
19th Century
Anglican
Behold: Here begins the third scene of the vision. We need not enter into the minute details of the verse, as they are, probably, …
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet says here that the change of things would be such that God would in turn afflict the Chaldeans, who had so cruelly treated the chosen p…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked
This is not a new vision, but a continuation of the former, as appears from…
In this vision, the prophet sees an ephah, something in the shape of a grain measure. This signified the Jewish nation. They are filling the measur…
