Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 5:6

6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth . He said moreover , This is their resemblance through all the earth.

Zechariah knew not what this was he saw, so far was he from knowing what it meant.

The Angel,

Out of the Temple of Ierusalem.

Having told the Prophet what the thing was, the Angel addeth once and above.

This how dark soever it may seem to be, is a clear Emblem of this people every where. Thus there is a limited time and measure for them whilest they sin and are filling up the Ephah with their sins, they will find that the Ephah of Wrath filled up also to be poured out upon them, or as the Hebr. Thi[illegible: 1 letter] their eye as the Gallick Version. This the eye I have upon them, &c. i. e. God's eye observes how they fill their Ephah with sin, that he may sutably punish, that his Ephah of Wrath may f[illegible: 1 letter]ll also.

the greatest, say some, of measures with the Hebrews, but their Corus was much greater, it was a great measure, and many times taken for any measure, when strictly taken, it held some three bushels.