And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

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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.(A)

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,(B) 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[a](C) to build a house(D) for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:11 Hebrew Shinar

Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”; then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead [a]cover over its mouth. Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a (A)stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

10 So I said to the (B)angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”

11 And he said to me, “To (C)build a house for it in (D)the land of [b]Shinar; when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:8 Lit. stone
  2. Zechariah 5:11 Babylon