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Zechariah 5:11

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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.

And he said {H559} unto me, To build {H1129} it an house {H1004} in the land {H776} of Shinar {H8152}: and it shall be established {H3559}, and set {H3240} there upon her own base {H4369}.

He answered me, "To build it a shrine in the land of Shin'ar. When it's ready, [the eifah] will be set down there on its base."

“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”

And he said unto me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 11:2 (7 votes)

    And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

  • Genesis 10:10 (6 votes)

    And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

  • Daniel 1:2 (6 votes)

    And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

  • Isaiah 11:11 (5 votes)

    And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  • Genesis 14:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

  • Jeremiah 29:28 (4 votes)

    For therefore he sent unto us [in] Babylon, saying, This [captivity is] long: build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

  • Luke 21:24 (3 votes)

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.