Judaism, or the Jewish religion,
has been corrupted by Babel בבל Babylon!
It has happened ever so subtly,
yet the corruption has occurred!
This corruption has had
devastating effects
upon the Jewish people
and upon Israel as a nation.
Yet what is amazing is that
this corruption by Babel
was prophesied by the
prophet Zechariah זכריה .
It is pinpointed in this prophecy
and it is accurately described.
We will examine this prophecy,
and unfold its interpretation.
Zechariah 5:5-11.
“Then the angel that talked
with me went forth,
and said to me,
Lift up now your eyes,
and see what is this that goes forth.
And I said, What is it?
And he said,
This is an ephah that goes forth.
He said moreover,
This is their resemblance
through all the earth.
And, behold, there was lifted up
a talent of lead:
and this is a woman that sits
in the midst of the ephah.
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.
Then I lifted up my eyes,
and looked, and, behold
there came out two women,
and the wind was in their wings;
for they had wings like
the wings of a stork:
and they lifted up the ephah between
the earth and the heaven.
Then I said to the angel
who talked with me,
Where do these bear the ephah?
And he said to me,
to build it a house
in the land of Shinar:
and it shall be established,
and set there
upon her own base.”
ויצא המלאך הדובר בי
ויאמר עלי שא נא עיניך וראה
מה היוצאת הזאת:
ואמר מה היא
ויאמר זאת האיפה היוצאת
ויאמר זאת עינם בכל הארץ:
והנה ככר עפרת נשאת
וזאת אשה אחת
יושבת בתוך האיפה:
ויאמר זות הרשעה
וישלך אתה אל תוך האיפה
וישלך את אבן העופרת אל פיה:
ואשא עיני וארא
והנה שתים נשים יוצאות
ורוח בכנפיהם
ולהנה כנפים ככנפי החסידה
ותשנה את האיפה
בין הארץ ובין השמים:
ואמר אל המלאך הדובר בי
אנה המה מולכות
את האיפה:
ויאמר אלי
לבנות לה בית
בארץ שנער
והוכן והניחה שם
על מכנתה:
The Interpretation.
1. The Ephah האיפה
is the Tanach התנך
and more specifically,
the Torah התורה .
The ephah האיפה is a measure
used in Temple worship
in Jerusalem. בית המקדש .
It represents the written
Word of the LORD which
is comprised by the Tanach תנך .
It is the sustenance of Israel.
Because it it written
in Deuteronomy 8:3
“Man does not live by bread only,
but by every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of the HASHEM
does man live.”
לא על הלחם לבדו
יחיה האדם
כי על כל מוצא פי יהוה
יחיה האדם:
2. The woman is Babel בבל Babylon.
She is the mystery Babylon.
She is the great whore זונה הגדולה .
She is the woman described in Proverbs.
משלי שלמה
She flatters and entices with
her smooth and pleasant words;
Proverbs 5:3.
“For the lips of a strange woman
drop as a honeycomb,
and her mouth
is smoother than oil.”
כי נפת תטפנה
שפתי זרה
וחלק משמן חכה:
She seduces men with her wiles.
Proverbs 7:21.
“With her much fair speech
she caused him to yield,
with the flattering of her lips
she forced him.”
הטתו ברב לקחה
בחלק שפתיה תדיחנו:
But her end is bitterness and destruction.
Proverbs 5:4-5.
“But her end is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two edged sword.
Her feet go down to death;
her steps take hold on hell.”
ואחריתה מרה כלענה
חדה כחרב פיות:
רגליה ירדות מות
שאול צעדיה יתמכו:
And again in Proverbs 7:26-27.
“For she has cast down many wounded:
Yes! Many strong men
have been slain by her.
Her house is the way to hell,
going down to the chambers of death.”
כי רבים חללים הפילה
ועצומים כל הרגיה:
דרכי שאול ביתה
ירדות אל חדרי מות:
She has the outward appearance of beauty,
and looks like the virtuous woman אשת חיל ,
but she is wickedness.
She is described in the book of Revelation.
ספר חזון יוחנן
She is the ‘ queen of heaven‘;
and is controlled by the evil spirit
that is behind the ‘queen of heaven.’
When she is cast into the ephah,
she corrupts the Word of the LORD.
With her smooth and pleasant words,
and her many commentaries,
she seduces Jews and brings them
into her net of destruction.
3. The talent of lead is the
heaviness that comes upon all
those who are seduced by the woman.
She causes a blindness of eyes,
so that those who are deceived by her
cannot see.
She causes a dullness of hearing
so that those who are caught in her net
cannot hear the word of the LORD.
Isaiah the prophet saw this condition
and he prophesied concerning it
in Isaiah 6:9.
“And he said,
Go, and tell this people,
Hear you indeed,
but understand not;
and see you indeed,
but perceive not.
Make the heart of this people fat,
and make their ears heavy,
and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their heart,
and return to me and be healed.”
ויאמר לך
ואמרת לעם הזה
שמעו שמוע ואל תבינו
וראו ראו ואל תדעו:
השמן לב העם הזה
ואזנו הכבד
ועיניו השע
פן יראה בעיניו
ובאזניו ישמע
ולבבו יבין
ושב ורפא לו :
Once the Tanach has been corrupted
by the whore of Babylon,
the people under her influence
are prevented from entering
into the liberty and truth
by the lead weight upon
the mouth of the ephah.
They cannot enter in
because their eyes are blinded,
their ears are deafened,
and heaviness is upon them.
4. The ephah is carried by
the two women with the
wings of a stork to the
plain of Shinar which is in
Babel בבל Babylon.
When Judah (Israel) was taken
captive to Babylon,
a center of Jewish learning
and activity was established there.
This center of learning
developed and influenced the
interpretations and understanding
of the Torah תורה and the
Tanach תנך in general.
A large body of writings
was developed, and it
continually exerted its influence
on Jewish thought as it
evolved for centuries.
And its base was in Babylon.
Its sweet influence, and its
pleasant and persuasive arguments,
corrupted the Tanach תנך
and caused a blindness and
a dullness of hearing to
come upon Israel,
exactly as the prophets
of Israel prophesied.
This has caused great destructions
upon our people.