The Woman in a Basket

Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what is appearing.”

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.”

Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.(B)

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:6 Or appearance
  2. Zechariah 5:11 Hebrew Shinar

Zechariah’s Seventh Vision

And the angel who was speaking to me went out, and he said to me, “Please look up![a] See what this is going out.” And I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “This is a basket[b] going out. And he said, “This is their iniquity[c] throughout all the earth. And look, the lead cover was lifted and a woman was sitting inside the basket.[d] And he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her back down into the basket,[e] and threw the lead cover on top of it.[f] And I looked up[g] and saw, and look!—two women coming forward, and the wind was in their wings, and they had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket[h] between the earth and the sky.[i] 10 And I asked the angel who was talking to me, “Where are they taking the basket?”[j] 11 And he said to me, “To build for it a house[k] in the land of Shinar,[l] and when it is put in place, it will be placed there on its site.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:5 Literally “Lift, please, your eyes!”
  2. Zechariah 5:6 Or “an ephah,” a measure of grain
  3. Zechariah 5:6 Hebrew “eye”; other ancient versions (LXX, Syriac) read “iniquity”
  4. Zechariah 5:7 Or “ephah,” a measure of grain
  5. Zechariah 5:8 Or “ephah,” a measure of grain
  6. Zechariah 5:8 That is, on top of the “basket” or “ephah”
  7. Zechariah 5:9 Literally “lifted up my eyes”
  8. Zechariah 5:9 Or “ephah,” a measure of grain
  9. Zechariah 5:9 Or “heaven”
  10. Zechariah 5:10 Or “ephah,” a measure of grain
  11. Zechariah 5:11 Or “temple”
  12. Zechariah 5:11 That is, Babylon (Gen 11:2)