The Vision of the Flying Scroll

1And I turned and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a flying scroll.

2And he said to me, “What are you seeing?”

And I answered, “I am seeing a flying scroll. Its length is twenty by the cubit, and its width is ten by the cubit.†”

3And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the earth. For everyone stealing, on this side according to it he will be cleaned out, and everyone swearing falsely, on this side according to it he will be cleaned out. 4I will send it out, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of the one swearing by My name for deception, and it will lodge in the midst of his house and will put an end to it and its timbers and its stones!”

The Vision of the Woman in a Basket

5And the angel speaking with me came forth, and he said to me: “Lift now your eyes, and see what this is that is going forth.”

6And I said, “What is it?”

And he said, “This is the basket† that is going forth.” And he said, “This is their iniquity† in all the land.”

7And behold, a disc of lead was being lifted, and this is a lone woman sitting inside the basket.

8And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he threw her down into the midst of the basket, and he threw the weight of lead over its mouth.

9And I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, two women were coming forth, and the wind was in their wings! And unto them were wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between the earth and between the heavens.

10And I said to the angel speaking with me, “Where are they bringing the basket?”

11And he said to me, “To build for it a house in the land of Shinar;† and when it is ready, it will be made to rest there on its base.”