Zechariah 5

1 Then again I looked up and saw a flying scroll.

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

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

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 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.

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 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.”

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

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

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

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

8 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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.