John Trapp on Zechariah 5:7

Verſe 7. And behold there was lift up a talent of lead] A lump of lead, the weightieſt metall: noting the immoveable and immutable dec[illegible: 1 letter]ee of God [illegible: 1 letter]or the puniſhment of the wicked.Eſay 3.11. Say to the wicked, tell him ſo from me, it ſhall go ill with him: Iniquity ſhall be his ruine. This lump of lead is fir[illegible: 2 letters] lifted up, and then let down upon the Ephah as an adequate covering: and betokeneth the grievouſneſſe and long continuance of the Jewes puniſhment and baniſhment for their parricide, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. 1 Theſ. 2.16. or rather deicide, in crucifying the Lord of glory. A day of grace they had, but they knew it not; therefore is wrath come upon them to the utmoſt, or, untill the end, or finally, ſo as it ſhall never be removed: ſo ſome interpret it.

and this is a woman that ſitteth in the middeſt of the Ephah] In medio modi: and ſo ſhe went forth or moved forward with an open face, and upper parts appearing, as not afhamed: the ſhew of her countenance witneſſed againſt her, ſhe declared her ſin as Sodom Eſay 3.9. and as Lots daughters who ſavoured too much of Sodom, when, glorying in their ſhame, they called their inceſtuous br[illegible: 1 letter]ts M[illegible: 1 letter] ab, that is the begotten of my father, and Benammi which ſounds to the ſame ſenſe. This woman is alſo ſaid to ſit, as reſolved of her courſe. Confer Pſal. 1.1. and 50.20. the Jewes are ſtill a ſtubborn and refractary people. Antiqu[illegible: 1 letter]m obtinent: O that the falvation of Iſrael were come out of Zion &c. Pſal. 14.7. Deus nos dignabitur clariſſimá viſione cum reducet Zion, ſaith Jachiades one of their Rabbines. I add, Fiat, Fiat.