International Standard Version
Zechariah 5
1 Then I looked up and saw a flying scroll!
2 And the angel a asked me, “What do you see?” I answered him, “I’m looking at a flying scroll. It’s 20 cubits b long and ten cubits c wide.”
3 He responded to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the surface of the whole earth, because, according to this side of the scroll, d all thieves will be ejected, and according to the other side of the scroll, e all liars will be ejected.”
4 “I am bringing this about,” declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. “The curse f will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who lies in my name. The curse g will remain in his house until that house h has been completely destroyed, right down to its timber and stones.”
5 Then the angel who had been talking with me stepped forward and told me, “Please look up and see what’s going out.”
6 So I asked, “What is it?” i He replied, “This is a basket j making its appearance.” He also said, “This is what it appears to be in k the entire land.”
7 Look, a round lead cover was being lifted, and there was one woman seated inside the basket!
8 And the angel l said, “This is evil!” So he shoved her back into the basket and snapped the round, lead cover over the opening.
9 Then I looked up to see two women coming forward with the wind filling their wings. (They had wings like those of a stork.) They took up the basket, holding it between the earth and sky.
10 So I asked the angel who was talking to me, “Where are they taking the basket?”
11 He answered me, “To the land of Shinar, m so they can build a temple to the woman in the basket. n Then when its preparations are complete, the basket o will be set there in its place.”