The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Zechariah 05
1 Then again I lifted up my eyes and saw,
and behold, a flying scroll.
2 He said to me, “What do you see?”
I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its
length is twenty cubits,† and its width ten
cubits.”
3 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.
4 I will cause it to go out,” says Yahweh
of Armies, “and it will enter into the house
of the thief, and into the house of him who
swears falsely by my name; and it will
remain in the middle of his house, and will
destroy it with its timber and its stones.”
5 Then the angel who talked with me
came forward and said to me, “Lift up
now your eyes and see what this is that is
appearing.”
6 I said, “What is it?” He said, “This
is the ephah‡ basket that
is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is
their appearance in all the land
7 and behold, a lead cover weighing one
talent§ was lifted up—and there was a
woman sitting in the middle of the ephah†
basket.”
8 He said, “This is Wickedness;” and
he threw her down into the middle of
the ephah basket; and he threw the lead
weight on its mouth.
9 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and
behold, there were two women; and the
wind was in their wings. Now they had
wings like the wings of a stork, and they
lifted up the ephah basket between earth
and the sky.
10 Then I said to the angel who talked
with me, “Where are these carrying the
ephah basket?”
11 He said to me, “To build her a house
in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared,
she will be set there in her own place.”