1 I looked up again and saw a flying book.

Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying scroll.

2 A nd 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.”

And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.”

3 T hen 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.

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: ‘Every thief shall be expelled,’ according to this side of the scroll; and, ‘Every perjurer shall be expelled,’ according to that side of it.”

4 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

“I will send out the curse, ” says the Lord of hosts; “It shall enter the house of the thief And the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It shall remain in the midst of his house And consume it, with its timber and stones.” Vision of the Woman in a Basket

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

Then the angel who talked with me came out and said to me, “Lift your eyes now, and see what this is that goes forth.”

6 A nd 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.”

So I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “It is a basket that is going forth.” He also said, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth:

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

Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”;

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

then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover over its mouth.

9 T hen 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.

Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

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

So I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”

11 H e 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.”

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