Zechariah 5:5-11
New American Standard Bible
5 Then (A)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 [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.” He continued, “And this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.” 8 Then he said, “This is (C)Wickedness!” And he thrust her into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its [d]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 (D)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 [e]temple 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 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
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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