| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll! | 1Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll! |
| 2And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.” | 2Someone asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide." |
| 3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. | 3The speaker went on to say, "This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate." |
| 4I will send it out, declares the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones.” | 4"I will send it out," says the LORD who rules over all, "and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones." |
| 5Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” | 5After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, "Look, see what is leaving." |
| 6And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the basket that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity in all the land.” | 6I asked, "What is it?" And he replied, "It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here." Moreover, he said, "This is their 'eye' throughout all the earth." |
| 7And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! | 7Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket. |
| 8And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening. | 8He then said, "This woman represents wickedness," and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top. |
| 9Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. | 9Then I looked again and saw two women going forth with the wind in their wings (they had wings like those of a stork) and they lifted up the basket between the earth and the sky. |
| 10Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” | 10I asked the messenger who was speaking to me, "Where are they taking the basket?" |
| 11He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.” | 11He replied, "To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence." |
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