Words for everyone to read

5 Again, I looked and I saw a large paper. It was moving through the air. There were many words on the paper.

² The angel said to me, ‘What do you see?’ And I answered, ‘I see a paper that is flying through the air. It is 30 feet long and 15 feet wide.’

³ Then the angel said to me, ‘The words on the paper tell about bad events for the whole earth. This will be in future years. On one side of the paper, it says that a man must not rob anyone. If he does, people will send him away from his own country. On the other side of the paper, it says that a man must not speak false words. If he does, people will send him away from his own country. ⁴ The Lord Almighty says, “I will cause bad things to happen in the house of the man that robs anyone. I will cause bad things to happen in the house of the man that speaks false words. It is as if the words on the paper will destroy the houses of those bad people.” ’

The woman in the basket

⁵ Then the angel that talked to me came near to me. He said, ‘Look. And see the thing that has just appeared.’

⁶ I said, ‘What is it?’

He said, ‘It is a basket that people measure with.’ Then he said, ‘It is the sin of all the people in this country.’

⁷ He lifted the heavy metal lid and there was a woman. She was sitting in the basket!

⁸ The angel said, ‘This is sin.’ He pushed her into the basket again and he put the heavy metal lid on top of the basket.

⁹ Then I looked up and I saw two women. They flew towards me with strong wings. The wind carried them as the wind carries large birds. They lifted the basket between the earth and the sky.

¹⁰ Then I said to the angel that talked with me, ‘Where will these women take the basket?’

¹¹ The angel said to me, ‘They will take the basket to the country called Babylon. They will build a house for it there. When the house is ready, they will put the basket inside the house. They will put it where people can see it.’