Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll! And
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.”
Then 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. I 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.”
Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me,
“Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” And 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.” And
behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting
in the basket! And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her
back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its
opening.
Then 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.
Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking
the basket?” He 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.”
