Zechariah sees a flying scroll, a curse going out over the land against thieves and those who swear falsely. He also sees a woman in a basket, who is wickedness, carried to the land of Shinar.
1 Then I turned , and lifted up mine eyes , and looked , and behold a flying roll .
2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered , I see a flying roll ; the length thereof is twenty cubits , and the breadth thereof ten cubits .
3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth : for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
4 I will bring it forth , saith the LORD of hosts , and it shall enter into the house of the thief , and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name : and it shall remain in the midst of his house , and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth , and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes , and see what is this that goeth forth .
6 And I said , What is it? And he said , This is an ephah that goeth forth . He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth .
7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead : and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah .
8 And he said , This is wickedness . And he cast it into the midst of the ephah ; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
9 Then lifted I up mine eyes , and looked , and, behold, there came out two women , and the wind was in their wings ; for they had wings like the wings of a stork : and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven .
10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah ?
11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar : and it shall be established , and set there upon her own base .