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Zechariah 5

A Flying Scroll

1 Then I lifted up my eyes again and saw, and behold, a flying scroll. 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a flying scroll; its length is ^{▼▼Approx. 30 ft. long and 15 ft. wide or 9 m and 4.5 m}twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.” 3 Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole ^{▼▼Or earth}land; surely everyone who steals will be ^{▼▼Lit free (from covenant community), cf. Gen 24:8, 41}purged away according to ^{▼▼Lit it}the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be ^{▼▼Lit free (from covenant community), cf. Gen 24:8, 41}purged away according to the writing on the other side. 4 I will make it go forth,” declares Yahweh of hosts, “and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber and stones.”

A Woman in an Ephah

5 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth.” 6 So I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the ^{▼▼A vessel containing approx. 21 qt. or 23 l}ephah going forth.” Again he said, “This is their ^{▼▼Lit eye; some ancient versions iniquity}appearance in all the ^{▼▼Or earth}land 7 (and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.” 8 Then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its ^{▼▼Lit mouth}opening. 9 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. 10 And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?” 11 Then he said to me, “To build a ^{▼▼Or temple}house for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal.”