Again I looked up, and I saw a ^ascroll flying in the air! 2 And the angel said to me, “^aWhat do you see?” And I answered, “I see a ¹flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits (thirty feet) and its width is ten cubits (fifteen feet) .” 3 Then he said to me, “This is the ^acurse that is going out over the face of the whole land; for everyone who ^bsteals will be cut off according to the writing on one side, and everyone who ^cswears oaths falsely shall be cut off according to the writing on the other side. Is 24:6; Mal 3:8, 9 4 I will ^asend the curse out,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and it will ^benter the house of the ^cthief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night in that house and ^dconsume it, both its timber and its stones.”

5 Then ^athe angel who was speaking with me came forward and said to me, “Now look up and see what this is going forth.” 6 And I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the ^1aephah (grain basket) going forth. This,” he continued, “is their appearance throughout the land Amos 8:5 7 (and behold, a round, flat lead ¹cover was lifted up); and there sat a woman inside the ephah.” 8 Then he said, “This is ^aWickedness (Godlessness) !” And he threw her back down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead cover on its opening. 9 Then I looked up, and there were two women coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a ^astork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. 10 I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?” 11 And he said to me, “To the land of ^aShinar (Babylon) to build a temple for her; and when it is prepared, ¹she shall be set there on her own pedestal.”

Then I lifted up my eyes again and saw, and behold, a flying ^ascroll. 2 And he said to me, “^aWhat do you see?” And I said, “I see a flying scroll; its length is ¹twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.” 3 Then he said to me, “This is the ^acurse that is going forth over the face of the whole ¹land; surely everyone who ^bsteals will be ²purged away according to ³the writing on one side, and everyone who ^cswears will be ⁴purged away according to the writing on the other side. 4 I will ^amake it go forth,” declares Yahweh of hosts, “and it will ^benter the house of the ^cthief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and ^dconsume it with its timber and stones.”

5 Then ^athe angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth.” 6 So I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the ^1aephah going forth.” Again he said, “This is their ²appearance in all the ³land 7 (and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.” 8 Then he said, “This is ^aWickedness!” And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its ¹opening. 9 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a ^astork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. 10 And 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 ¹house for her in the land of ^aShinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal.”