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Selected Verse: Zechariah 5:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Zec 5:11 |
Strong Concordance |
And he said [0559] unto me, To build [01129] it an house [01004] in the land [0776] of Shinar [08152]: and it shall be established [03559], and set [03240] there upon her own base [04369]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
To build . . . house in . . . Shinar--Babylonia (Gen 10:10), the capital of the God-opposed world kingdoms, and so representing in general the seat of irreligion. As the "building of houses" in Babylon (Jer 29:5, Jer 29:28) by the Jews themselves expressed their long exile there, so the building of an house for "wickedness" there implies its permanent stay.
set . . . upon her own base--fixed there as in its proper place. "Wickedness" being cast out of Judah, shall for ever dwell with the antichristian apostates (of whom Babylon is the type), who shall reap the fruit of it, which they deserve. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
To build it an house in the land of Shinar - The name of Shinar, though strictly Babylonia, carries back to an older power than the world-empire of Babylon; which now too was destroyed. "In the land of Shinar" Gen 11:2 was that first attempt to array a world-empire against God, ere mankind was ye dispersed. And so it is the apter symbol of the antitheist or anti-Christian world, which by violence, art, falsehood, sophistry, wars against the truth. To this great world-empire it was to be removed; yet to live there, no longer cramped and confined as within an Ephah, but in pomp and splendor. A house or temple was to be built for it, for its honor and glory; as Dagon Sa1 5:2-5 or Ashtaroth Sa1 31:10, or Baal Kg2 10:23 had their houses or temples, a great idol temple, in which the god of this world should be worshiped.
And it - - "The house," "shall be established" firmly on its base, like the house of God, and it, (wickedness) shall be tranquilly rested on its base, as an idol in its temple, until the end come. In the end, the belief of those of old was, that the Jews would have great share in the antagonism to Christ and His empire. At the first, they were the great enemies of the faith, and sent forth, Justin says, , those everywhere who should circulate the calumnies against Christians, which were made a ground of early persecutions. In the end, it was believed, that antichrist should be from them, that they would receive him as their Christ, the last fulfillment of our Lord's words, "I am come in My Father's name and ye receive Me not; another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive" Joh 5:43. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Shinar
That is, Babylonia. (Dan 1:2). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| To build - Not in mercy, but in judgment. Of Shinar - Of Babylon whither many of the Jews fled, and others of them were forced by the Romans. Set there - There they shall be confined without hope of release. Her own base - They are settled upon the lees of their own unbelief: their wickedness is established on its own bases. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| To build it a house in the land of Shinar - The land of Shinar means Babylon; and Babylon means Rome, in the Apocalypse. The building the house for the woman imprisoned in the ephah may signify, that there should be a long captivity under the Romans, as there was under that of Shinar or Babylon, by which Rome may here be represented. That house remains to the present day: the Jewish woman is still in the ephah; it is set on its own base - continues still as a distinct nation; and the talent of lead - God's displeasure - is still on the top. O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel! |
28 For therefore he sent [07971] unto us in Babylon [0894], saying [0559], This [01931] captivity is long [0752]: build [01129] ye houses [01004], and dwell [03427] in them; and plant [05193] gardens [01593], and eat [0398] the fruit [06529] of them.
5 Build [01129] ye houses [01004], and dwell [03427] in them; and plant [05193] gardens [01593], and eat [0398] the fruit [06529] of them;
10 And the beginning [07225] of his kingdom [04467] was Babel [0894], and Erech [0751], and Accad [0390], and Calneh [03641], in the land [0776] of Shinar [08152].
43 I am [1473] come [2064] in [1722] my [3450] Father's [3962] name [3686], and [2532] ye receive [2983] me [3165] not [3756]: if [1437] another [243] shall come [2064] in [1722] his own [2398] name [3686], him [1565] ye will receive [2983].
23 And Jehu [03058] went [0935], and Jehonadab [03082] the son [01121] of Rechab [07394], into the house [01004] of Baal [01168], and said [0559] unto the worshippers [05647] of Baal [01168], Search [02664], and look [07200] that there be [03426] here with you none of the servants [05650] of the LORD [03068], but the worshippers [05647] of Baal [01168] only.
10 And they put [07760] his armour [03627] in the house [01004] of Ashtaroth [06252] [01045]: and they fastened [08628] his body [01472] to the wall [02346] of Bethshan [01052].
2 When the Philistines [06430] took [03947] the ark [0727] of God [0430], they brought [0935] it into the house [01004] of Dagon [01712], and set [03322] it by [0681] Dagon [01712].
3 And when they of Ashdod [0796] arose early [07925] on the morrow [04283], behold, Dagon [01712] was fallen [05307] upon his face [06440] to the earth [0776] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068]. And they took [03947] Dagon [01712], and set [07725] him in his place [04725] again [07725].
4 And when they arose early [07925] on the morrow [04283] morning [01242], behold, Dagon [01712] was fallen [05307] upon his face [06440] to the ground [0776] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068]; and the head [07218] of Dagon [01712] and both [08147] the palms [03709] of his hands [03027] were cut off [03772] upon the threshold [04670]; only the stump of Dagon [01712] was left [07604] to him.
5 Therefore neither the priests [03548] of Dagon [01712], nor any that come [0935] into Dagon's [01712] house [01004], tread [01869] on the threshold [04670] of Dagon [01712] in Ashdod [0795] unto this day [03117].
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed [05265] from the east [06924], that they found [04672] a plain [01237] in the land [0776] of Shinar [08152]; and they dwelt [03427] there.
2 And the Lord [0136] gave [05414] Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] into his hand [03027], with part [07117] of the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of God [0430]: which he carried [0935] into the land [0776] of Shinar [08152] to the house [01004] of his god [0430]; and he brought [0935] the vessels [03627] into the treasure [0214] house [01004] of his god [0430].