< Zechariah 5 >
1 Then again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.
And I lifted up mine eyes again, and saw, and behold, a flying roll.
2 And he said to me, What do thou see? And I answered, I see a flying roll. The length of it is twenty cubits, and the breadth of it ten cubits.
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see a flying roll: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cut off on the one side according to it, and everyone who swears shall be cut off on the other side according to it.
And he said unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off according to it on this side; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off according to it on that side.
4 I will cause it to go forth, says Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall lodge in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
5 Then the agent who talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what this is that goes forth.
And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goes forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land
And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. And he said, This is their resemblance in all the land.
7 (and, behold, a talent of lead was lifted up), and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.
And behold, there was lifted up a round plate of lead; and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
8 And he said, This is Wickedness. And he cast her down into the midst of the ephah, and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth of it.
And 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.
9 Then I lifted up my eyes, and looked. And, behold, there came forth 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 between earth and heaven.
And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.
10 Then I said to the agent who talked with me, Where do these carry the ephah?
And I said to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these carry the ephah?
11 And he said to me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar. And when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.
And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established, and set there upon its own base.