Zacharias 5

1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked and behold a flying sickle.

And I turned and lifted up my eyes: and I saw, and behold a volume flying.

2 And he said to me, What see you? And I said, I see a flying sickle, of the length of twenty cubits, and of the breadth of ten cubits.

And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I see a volume flying: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

3 And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side.

And he said to me: This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the earth: for every thief shall be judged as is there written: and every one that sweareth in like manner shall be judged by it.

4 And I will bring it forth, says the Lord Almighty, 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 rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.

I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts: and it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him that sweareth 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.

5 And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up your eyes, and see this that goes forth.

And the angel went forth that spoke in me, and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what this is, that goeth forth.

6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the measure that goes forth. And he said, This is their iniquity in all the earth.

And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth.

7 And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold a woman sat in the midst of the measure.

And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.

8 And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

9 And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, two women coming forth, and the wind was in their wings; and they had stork's wings: and they lifted up the measure between the earth and the sky.

And I lifted up my eyes and looked: and behold there came out two women, and wind was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite: and they lifted up the vessel between the earth and the heaven.

10 And I said to the angel that spoke with me, Whither do these carry away the measure?

And I said to the angel that spoke in me: Whither do these carry the vessel?

11 And he said to me, To build it a house in the land of Babylon, and to prepare [a place for it]; and they shall set it there on its own base.

And he said to me: That a house may be built for it in the land of Sennaar, and that it may be established, and set there upon its own basis.