Zechariah 5

1 And I turn back, and lift up my eyes, and look, and behold, a flying scroll.

Then again I looked up and saw a flying scroll.

2 And he says to me, “What are you seeing?” And I say, “I am seeing a flying scroll, its length [is] twenty by the cubit, and its breadth [is] ten by the cubit.”

He said to me, ‘What do you see?’ I answered, ‘I see a flying scroll; twenty cubits long, ten cubits wide.’

3 And he says to me, “This [is] the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for everyone who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, has been declared innocent, and everyone who has sworn, on the other side, according to it, has been declared innocent.”

Then he said to me, ‘This is the curse that goes over the whole land. Every thief will be banished according to the writing on one side and everyone who lies under oath shall be banished according to the writing on the other side.

4 “I have brought it out,” a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, “and it has come into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who has sworn in My Name with a falsehood, and it has remained in the midst of his house, and has consumed it, both its wood and its stones.”

I have sent it out, says the Lord of hosts, and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in the midst of his house and will consume it with its timber and its stones.’

5 And the messenger who is speaking with me goes forth and says to me, “Now lift up your eyes, and [do you] see what this [is] that is coming forth?”

Then the messenger who talked with me came forward, and said to me, ‘Look up and see what is now coming.’

6 And I say, “What [is] it?” And he says, “This—the ephah that is coming forth.” And he says, “This [is] their aspect in all the land.

I said. ‘What is it?’ He said, ‘It is a measuring basket, full of the guilt of the land.’

7 And behold, a disc of lead lifted up; and this [is] a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.”

A round leaden cover was lifted up, and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the basket.

8 And he says, “This [is] the wicked woman.” And he casts her into the midst of the ephah, and casts the weight of lead on its mouth.

He said, ‘This is Wickedness.’ He thrust her down into the midst of the basket and he pushed the round leaden cover back on its mouth.

9 And I lift up my eyes, and see, and behold, two women are coming forth, and wind [is] in their wings; and they have wings like wings of the stork, and they lift up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.

Then I looked up and saw two women, and the wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork and they lifted up the basket between them.

10 And I say to the messenger who is speaking with me, “To where [are] they causing the ephah to go?”

Then I said to the messenger who talked with me, ‘Where are they taking the basket?’

11 And he says to me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar.” And it has been prepared and has been placed there on its base.

He said to me, ‘To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, they will rest the basket there.’