And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is (A)the basket[a] that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity[b] 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 (B)the leaden weight on its opening.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:6 Hebrew ephah; also verses 7–11. An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
  2. Zechariah 5:6 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts eye

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