[1] Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll! [2] And he
said to me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll; its
length is twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits." [3] Then he said to
me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land; for
every one who steals shall be cut off henceforth according to it, and every
one who swears falsely shall be cut off henceforth according to it. [4] I
will send it forth, says 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
abide in his house and consume it, both timber and stones." [5] Then the
angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Lift your eyes, and
see what this is that goes forth." [6] And I said, "What is it?" He said,
"This is the ephah that goes forth." And he said, "This is their iniquity
in all the land." [7] And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there
was a woman sitting in the ephah! [8] And he said, "This is Wickedness."
And he thrust her back into the ephah, and thrust down the leaden weight
upon its mouth. [9] 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 ephah between earth and heaven. [10]
Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the
ephah?" [11] He said to me, "To the land of Shinar, to build a house for
it; and when this is prepared, they will set the ephah down there on its
base."
