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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.”

I said, “What is it?”

He said, “This is the ephah[a] basket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the land (and behold, a talent[b] of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah[c] basket.” 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.

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.”

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 5:7 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
  3. 5:7 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel

Seventh Vision: The Woman in a Basket

Then the angel who spoke with me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what this is that is coming out.” I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is a basket[a] coming out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity[b] in the whole land.” Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket![c] And he said, “This is Wickedness.” So he thrust her back into the basket[d] and pressed the leaden weight down on its mouth.(A) Then I looked up and saw two women coming forward. The wind was in their wings; they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket[e] between earth and sky. 10 Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”[f] 11 He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it, and when this is prepared, they will set it down there on its base.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.6 Heb ephah
  2. 5.6 Gk Compare Syr: Heb their eye
  3. 5.7 Heb ephah
  4. 5.8 Heb ephah
  5. 5.9 Heb ephah
  6. 5.10 Heb ephah