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Zechariah 5:11

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5:11He replied, “To build a temple8 for her in the land of Babylonia.9 When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.”

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  1. 8 Heb “house” (so , , ).
  2. 9 The land of Babylonia (Heb “the land of Shinar”) is another name for Sumer and Akkad, where Babylon was located (Gen 10:10). Babylon throughout the Bible symbolizes the focus of anti-God sentiment and activity (Gen 11:4; 14:1; Isa 13–14; 47:1–3; Jer 50–51; Rev 14:8; 17:1, 5, 18; 18:21).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He replied, “To the country of Babylonia to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“To build a shrine for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “When that is ready, the basket will be placed there on its pedestal.”

NLTNew Living Translation

He replied, “To the land of Babylonia, where they will build a temple for the basket. And when the temple is ready, they will set the basket there on its pedestal.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said to me, “To build for it a house in the land of Shinar, and when it is put in place, it will be placed there on its site.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.