Old Testament · Prophets

Zechariah chapter 5

I looked up again, and there in front of me was a , flying.He said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “A flying scroll, .”Then he said to me, “This is the going out across the face of the whole land. Going by one side of the scroll, every thief gets swept away. Going by the other side, everyone who gets swept away.”“I have sent it out, says Yahweh who commands armies, and it will go into the thief’s house and into the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will and .”The messenger who had been talking with me came forward and said, “Look up. See what this is, coming out.”I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the going out.” And he said, “This is , across the whole land.”Then a was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.He said, “This is .” He shoved her back down into the basket and slammed the lead weight over its mouth.I looked up again and saw two women coming out, . Their wings were like a ’s, and they lifted the basket up between the earth and the sky.I said to the messenger who was talking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”He said, “To , to build a house for her. When it is ready, she will be set down there on .”