Zechariah 5: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Zechariah 5 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

Zechariah sees a flying scroll, measuring twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide. The angel explains that it is a curse going over the whole land. Those who steal will be cut off on one side, and those who swear falsely will be cut off on the other side (vv.

Key verse

“Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.”
Zechariah 5:3 (WEB)

Outline

Zechariah 5:1–4 Vision of the Flying Scroll
Zechariah 5:5–8 The Ephah Basket Appears
Zechariah 5:9–11 Wickedness Removed to Shinar

Discussion questions

In v2, what dimensions are given for the 'flying scroll'?
What two actions are associated with the curse in v3?
In v4, why does God say the scroll will 'destroy' the houses of thieves?
In v8, why is the woman referred to as 'Wickedness'?
When have you felt 'wickedness' in your own actions, as seen in this chapter?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Zechariah 5: Zechariah 1, Proverbs 10, Daniel 1.

Before next time: read Zechariah 6.