Zechariah 5

A Vision of a Flying Scroll

1 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying *Jer. 36:2,28scroll! 2 And he said to me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying *[See ver. 1above]scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits."*5:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters3 Then he said to me, "This is *[Jer. 29:18;Ezek. 2:9,10]; See Deut. 29:27the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who *See Ex. 20:15steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who *Ex. 20:7;[Eccles. 5:2]swears falsely*5:3 Hebrew lacks falsely (supplied from verse 4) shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. 4 I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of *ch. 8:17;Lev. 19:12;Mal. 3:5him who swears falsely by my name. And *Prov. 3:33it shall remain in his house and *[Lev. 14:45]consume it, both timber and stones."

A Vision of a Woman in a Basket

5 *ch. 1:9Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, *[ver. 1, 9; ch. 6:1]"Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out." 6 And I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is *[Ezek. 45:11]the basket*5:6 Hebrew ephah; also verses 7–11. An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters that is going out." And he said, "This is their iniquity*5:6 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts eye in all the land." 7 And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! 8 And he said, "This is Wickedness." And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down *[See ver. 6above]the leaden weight on its opening.

9 Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! *[Hos. 4:19]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. 10 Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the basket?" 11 He said to me, "To the *See Gen. 11:2land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base."