Old Testament · Zechariah

Zechariah 5

The Vision of the Flying Scroll

1And again I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll.

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

3And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth; for everyone that steals has, on this side, been cleaned out according to it, and everyone that swears has, on that side, been cleaned out according to it. 4I have brought it forth, declares the LORD of hosts^a, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears by my name falsely; and it shall lodge in the midst of his house and consume it, with its timber and its stones.

The Vision of the Woman in a Basket

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

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

7And behold, a round piece of lead was lifted up; and this is one woman^b sitting in the midst of the ephah.

8And he said, This is Wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the stone of lead upon its mouth.

9And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forth, and the wind^c was in their wings—for they had wings like the wings of the stork—and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.

10And I said to the angel that spoke with me, Where are these carrying the ephah?

11And he said to me, To build for her a house in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established and set there upon its base.