1 ¶ Then I turned and lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold a flying roll.

I looked up again and saw a flying book.

2 A nd he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

And the angel said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a flying book, as long as ten long steps and as wide as five long steps.”

3 T hen said he unto me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth; for every one that steals (as it is written on one side of the roll) shall be destroyed; and every one that swears (as it is written on the other side of the roll) shall be destroyed.

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over all the land. Everyone who steals will be cut off by what is written on one side. And everyone who swears will be cut off by what is written on the other side.

4 I brought it forth, said the LORD of the hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name; and it shall remain in the midst of his house and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

I will send it out,” says the Lord of All, “and it will go into the house of the robber and the house of the one who makes false promises using My name. It will spend the night in that house and destroy it, both its wood and stones.” Zechariah Sees a Woman in a Basket

5 ¶ Then the angel that talked with me went forth and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes and see what is this that goes forth.

Then the angel who was speaking with me came out and said to me, “Look up and see what this is that is going out.”

6 A nd I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah to measure wheat that goes forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance in all the earth.

And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the large basket going out.” And he said, “This is the sin of all the people in all the land.”

7 A nd, behold, they lifted up a talent of lead, and a woman was sitting in the midst of that ephah.

Then the lead cover was lifted up, and there was a woman sitting in the large basket.

8 A nd he said, This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

The angel said, “This is Sin!” And he threw her back into the basket and threw the lead weight on its opening.

9 T hen 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 heavens.

Then I looked up and saw two women coming out with the wind in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork. And they lifted up the large basket between earth and heaven.

10 T hen I said to the angel that talked with me, Where do these bear the ephah?

I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”

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

He said to me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar. When it is ready, it will be put in its place.”