Zechariah 5: 7-11 – Why is this woman thrown into a basket, sealed up, and taken to the land of Shinar?
Zechariah 5
Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”; 8 then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover[b] over its mouth. 9 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.
10 So I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”
11 And he said to me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar;[c] when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base.”
It never says if they let her out or what happened to this woman stuck in a basket.
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it is symbolic for the wickedness of israel, and the destination is babylon . which is what eventually happened
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In this chapter we have two visions, by which “the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.” God will do great and kind things for his people, which the faithful sons of Zion shall rejoice in; but “let the sinners in Zion be afraid;” for, I. God will reckon severely with those particular persons among them that are wicked and profane, and that hated to be reformed in these times of reformation; while God is showing kindness to the body of the nation, and loading that with his blessings, they and their families shall, notwithstanding that, lie under the curse, which the prophet sees in a flying roll (Zec_5:1-4). II. If the body of the nation hereafter degenerate, and wickedness prevail among them, it shall be carried off and hurried away with a swift destruction, under the pressing weight of divine wrath, represented by a talent of lead upon the mouth of an ephah, carried upon the wing I know not where (Zec_5:5-11).
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This woman wickedness stands for religious organizations that the book of Revelation calls Babylon the Great. At least this is what it seems.
The fact that all these 'women' also the holy one in Rev 12 are in deserts imply that they are religious organizations claiming to serve God as did Israel in the desert before the mountain.
If then this woman is Babylon the Great, to know what happens to her we must read Revelation.
The woman symbolized wickedness - banished when God's people restablished pure worship. Babylon (Shinar) is where all the world's false religions get their teachings, you should stay away from her, she's bad news.
Some light humor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUzIdjm6jAI
It's a vision, the woman is transgressions, not a real woman.
I'm thinking it either has something to do with Cyclops eating all those sheep and sailors, or they got tired of threatening its life with a railway-share and charming it with smiles and soap. .
Easy it never happened.