Zechariah 5:5-11
Legacy Standard Bible
A Woman in an Ephah
5 Then (A)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](B)ephah going forth.” Again he said, “This is their [b]appearance in all the [c]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 (C)Wickedness!” And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its [d]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 (D)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 [e]house for her in the land of (E)Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal.”
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- Zechariah 5:6 A vessel containing approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
- Zechariah 5:6 Lit eye; some ancient versions iniquity
- Zechariah 5:6 Or earth
- Zechariah 5:8 Lit mouth
- Zechariah 5:11 Or temple
Zechariah 5:5-11
Christian Standard Bible
Seventh Vision: Woman in the Basket
5 Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Look up and see what this is that is approaching.”
6 So I asked, “What is it?”
He responded, “It’s a measuring basket[a] that is approaching.” And he continued, “This is their iniquity[b] in all the land.” 7 Then a lead cover was lifted, and there was a woman(A) sitting inside the basket.(B) 8 “This is Wickedness,” he said. He shoved her down into the basket and pushed the lead weight over its opening. 9 Then I looked up and saw two women approaching with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork,(C) and they lifted up the basket between earth and sky.
10 So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”
11 “To build a shrine for it in the land of Shinar,”(D) he told me. “When that is ready, the basket will be placed there on its pedestal.”
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Zechariah 5:5-11
New International Version
The Woman in a Basket
5 Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what is appearing.”
6 I asked, “What is it?”
He replied, “It is a basket.(A)” And he added, “This is the iniquity[a] of the people throughout the land.”
7 Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! 8 He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.(B)
9 Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork,(C) and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
10 “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.
11 He replied, “To the country of Babylonia[b](D) to build a house(E) for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”(F)
Footnotes
- Zechariah 5:6 Or appearance
- Zechariah 5:11 Hebrew Shinar
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