I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of (A)him who swears falsely by my name. And (B)it shall remain in his house and (C)consume it, both timber and stones.”

A Vision of a Woman in a Basket

(D)Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, (E)“Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is (F)the basket[a] that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity[b] in all the land.”

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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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