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
breadth 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 Hosts,
�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 midst 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 is this that is appearing.�
6 I said, �What is it?�
He said, �This is the ephah*1 basket that is appearing.� He said moreover, �This is their
appearance in all the land 7 (and, behold, a talent*2 of lead was lifted up); and
this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah basket.� 8 He said,
�This is Wickedness;� and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah
basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.
9 Then lifted I 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 said I 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.�
1 An ephah is a measure of volume of about
22 litres, 5.8 U. S. gallons, 4.8 imperial gallons, or a bit more than half a
bushel.
2 A talent is a
weight of about 34 kilograms or 75 pounds.
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