Zechariah 5:8

Then he said, “This is Wickedness (Godlessness)!” And he threw her back down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead cover on its opening.

Genesis 15:16

Then in the fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness and guilt of the Amorites is not yet complete (finished).”

Psalm 38:4


For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood];
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

Proverbs 5:22


The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

Lamentations 1:14


“The yoke of my transgressions is bound;
By His hand they are knit and woven together.
They have come upon my neck.
He has made my strength fail;
The Lord has put me into the hand
Of those against whom I cannot stand.

Amos 9:1-4

I saw [in a vision] the Lord standing at the altar, and He said,

“Destroy the capitals (tops) of the pillars so that the thresholds will shake,
And break them on the heads of all of the people!
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will get away,
Or a survivor who will escape.

Micah 6:11


“Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scales
And a bag of dishonest weights?

Zechariah 5:7

(and behold, a [round, flat] lead cover was lifted up); and there sat a woman inside the ephah.”

Matthew 23:32

Fill up, then, the [allotted] measure of the guilt of your fathers’ sins.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

forbidding us from speaking to the Gentiles (non-Jews) so that they may be saved. So, as always, they fill up [to the brim] the measure of their sins [allotted to them by God]. But [God’s] wrath has come upon them at last [completely and forever].

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Summary

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Bible References

This

Genesis 15:16
Then in the fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness and guilt of the Amorites is not yet complete (finished).”
Matthew 23:32
Fill up, then, the [allotted] measure of the guilt of your fathers’ sins.
1 Thessalonians 2:16
forbidding us from speaking to the Gentiles (non-Jews) so that they may be saved. So, as always, they fill up [to the brim] the measure of their sins [allotted to them by God]. But [God’s] wrath has come upon them at last [completely and forever].

The weight

Zechariah 5:7
(and behold, a [round, flat] lead cover was lifted up); and there sat a woman inside the ephah.”
Psalm 38:4

For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood];
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Lamentations 1:14

“The yoke of my transgressions is bound;
By His hand they are knit and woven together.
They have come upon my neck.
He has made my strength fail;
The Lord has put me into the hand
Of those against whom I cannot stand.
Amos 9:1
I saw [in a vision] the Lord standing at the altar, and He said,

“Destroy the capitals (tops) of the pillars so that the thresholds will shake,
And break them on the heads of all of the people!
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will get away,
Or a survivor who will escape.