| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll. | 1I looked up again and saw a scroll flying through the air. |
| 2“What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.” | 2“What do you see?” the angel asked. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied. “It appears to be about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide. ” |
| 3Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. | 3Then he said to me, “This scroll contains the curse that is going out over the entire land. One side of the scroll says that those who steal will be banished from the land; the other side says that those who swear falsely will be banished from the land. |
| 4I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.” | 4And this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house of everyone who swears falsely using my name. And my curse will remain in that house and completely destroy it—even its timbers and stones.” A Woman in a Basket |
| 5Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.” | 5Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said, “Look up and see what’s coming.” |
| 6“What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.” | 6“What is it?” I asked. He replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain, and it’s filled with the sins of everyone throughout the land.” |
| 7And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket. | 7Then the heavy lead cover was lifted off the basket, and there was a woman sitting inside it. |
| 8“This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening. | 8The angel said, “The woman’s name is Wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and closed the heavy lid again. |
| 9Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth. | 9Then I looked up and saw two women flying toward us, gliding on the wind. They had wings like a stork, and they picked up the basket and flew into the sky. |
| 10“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me. | 10“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel. |
| 11“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.” | 11He replied, “To the land of Babylonia, where they will build a temple for the basket. And when the temple is ready, they will set the basket there on its pedestal.” |
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