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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
But in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Matthew 23:32
and you fill up the measure of your fathers.
1 Thessalonians 2:16
forbidding us to speak to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; but the wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.
The weight
Zechariah 5:7
And behold, a lead cover was lifted up, and a woman was sitting in the middle of the ephah.
Psalm 38:4
For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
Lamentations 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by His hand; they intertwine; they rise on my neck. He has made my strength to falter; Jehovah has delivered me into their hands. I am not able to rise up.
Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing by the altar. And He said, Strike the capital of the door, so that the thresholds shall shake; and break them on the head of all of them. And I will kill the last of them with the sword. Not one of them fleeing will flee, and not a fugitive of them will escape.