| New International Version | NET Bible |
| 1I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll. | 1Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll! |
| 2He asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide." | 2Someone asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide." |
| 3And he said to me, "This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished. | 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." |
| 4The LORD Almighty declares, 'I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its 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 was speaking to me came forward and said to me, "Look up and see what is appearing." | 5After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, "Look, see what is leaving." |
| 6I asked, "What is it?" He replied, "It is a basket." And he added, "This is the iniquity of the people throughout 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." |
| 7Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! | 7Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket. |
| 8He said, "This is wickedness," and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it. | 8He then said, "This woman represents wickedness," and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top. |
| 9Then I looked up--and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth. | 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. |
| 10"Where are they taking the basket?" I asked the angel who was speaking to me. | 10I asked the messenger who was speaking to me, "Where are they taking the basket?" |
| 11He replied, "To the country of Babylonia to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place." | 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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