Zechariah 5:5-11

Modern English Version

The Vision of the Woman in the Basket

⁵ Then the angel who was speaking with me came out, saying, “Now lift up your eyes and see what this is that is going forth.”

⁶ And I asked, “What is it?”

He said, “This is the ephah basket going forth. This represents their iniquity throughout all the land.”

⁷ The lead cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the ephah basket. ⁸ And he said, “This is wickedness.” And he threw her back into the basket and then thrust back the lead stone over its opening.

⁹ Then I lifted my eyes and saw coming forward two women. There was wind in their wings, and the wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up and carried the ephah basket between heaven and earth.

¹⁰ Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”

¹¹ He responded, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar. And when the house is established, the basket will be set there on a pedestal.”