Zechariah 5
World English Bible
5 Then again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a flying scroll. 2 He said to me, “What do you see?”
I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits,[a] and its width ten cubits.”
3 Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side. 4 I will cause it to go out,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”
5 Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes, and see what this is that is appearing.”
6 I said, “What is it?”
He said, “This is the ephah[b] basket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the land 7 (and behold, a talent[c] of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah[d] basket.” 8 He said, “This is Wickedness;” and he threw her down into the middle of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.
9 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky. 10 Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are these carrying the ephah basket?”
11 He said to me, “To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place.”
Footnotes
- 5:2 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
- 5:6 An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or about 2/3 of a bushel.
- 5:7 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
- 5:7 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
Zechariah 5
New American Standard Bible
The Flying Scroll
5 Then I raised my eyes again and looked, and behold, there was a flying (A)scroll. 2 And he said to me, “(B)What do you see?” And I said, “I see a flying scroll; its length is [a]twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.” 3 Then he said to me, “This is the (C)curse that is going forth over the face of the entire [b]land; everyone who (D)steals certainly will be purged away according to [c]the writing on one side, and everyone who (E)swears falsely will be purged away according to [d]the writing on the other side. 4 I will (F)make it go forth,” declares the Lord of armies, “and it will (G)enter the house of the (H)thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and (I)destroy it with its timber and stones.”
5 Then (J)the angel who had been speaking with me went out and said to me, “Now raise your eyes and see what this is that is going forth.” 6 And I said, “What is it?” Then he said, “This is the [e](K)ephah going forth.” Again he said, “This is their [f]appearance in all the [g]land. 7 And behold, a lead cover was lifted up.” He continued, “And this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.” 8 Then he said, “This is (L)Wickedness!” And he thrust her into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its [h]opening. 9 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of the (M)stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. 10 So 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 [i]temple for her in the land of (N)Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal.”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 5:2 About 30 ft. long and 15 ft. wide or 9 m and 4.5 m
- Zechariah 5:3 Or earth
- Zechariah 5:3 Lit it
- Zechariah 5:3 Lit it
- Zechariah 5:6 I.e., a measuring basket, about 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters, and so throughout the ch
- Zechariah 5:6 Lit eye; some ancient versions wrongdoing
- Zechariah 5:6 Or earth
- Zechariah 5:8 Lit mouth
- Zechariah 5:11 Lit house
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