Zechariah 5

¹Again I lifted my eyes and saw , and behold , a flying scroll !

²And he said to me, What do you see ? I answered , I see a flying scroll . Its length is twenty cubits , and its width ten cubits .

³Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land . For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side , and everyone who swears falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side .

⁴I will send it out , declares the Lord of hosts , and it shall enter the house of the thief , and the house of him who swears falsely by my name . And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones .

⁵Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out .

⁶And I said , What is it? He said , This is the basket that is going out . And he said , This is their iniquity in all the land .

⁷And behold , the leaden cover was lifted , and there was a woman sitting in the basket !

⁸And he said , This is Wickedness . And he thrust her back into the basket , and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening .

⁹Then I lifted my eyes and saw , and behold , two women coming forward ! The wind was in their wings . They had wings like the wings of a stork , and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven .

¹⁰Then I said to the angel who talked with me, Where are they taking the basket ?

¹¹He said to me, To the land of Shinar , to build a house for it. And when this is prepared , they will set the basket down there on its base .