Zechariah 5

1 And I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, a flying roll.

Then again lifting up my eyes I saw a roll in flight through the air.

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

And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, A roll going through the air; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.

3 Then said he to me: — This is the curse that goeth forth Over the Face of the whole land; For every one who stealeth shall be cut off from hence, according to it, And every one who sweareth falsely shall be cut off from hence, according to it.

Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.

4 I will bring it 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 abide in his house, And shall consume it, with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.

5 Then the angel who talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what this is which goeth forth.

And the angel who was talking to me went out and said to me, Let your eyes be lifted up now, and see the ephah which is going out.

6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which goeth forth. He said, moreover, This is their image through all the land.

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.

7 And behold, a talent of lead was lifted up, and a woman was sitting upon the ephah.

And I saw a round cover of lead lifted up; and a woman was seated in the middle of the ephah.

8 And he said, This is the Wickedness. And he cast her into the ephah, and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

9 Then lifted I up mine eyes and looked, and behold, there came forth two women, and wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and heaven.

And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.

10 Then said I to the angel who talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

And I said to the angel who was talking to me, Where are they taking the ephah?

11 And he said to me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar, that it may be fixed there, and set upon its base.

And he said to me, To make a house for her in the land of Shinar: and they will make a place ready, and put her there in the place which is hers.