 1 I again lifted up my eyes and looked. And behold. A flying scroll. 2 He said to me, What do you see? And I answered, I see a flying scroll. Its length is 20 cubits, and its width ten cubits. 3 He said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth. For from now on everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it. And everyone who swears from now on shall be cut off according to it. 4 I will bring it forth, says the Lord of hosts. It will enter into the house of the thief and into the house of one who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in the midst of his house and will devour it and its timber and its stones. 5 Then the angel who talked with me went forth and said to me, Now lift up your eyes and see what this is that goes forth. 6 I said, What is it? And he said, This is the bushel that goes forth. And he said, This is their form in all the earth. 7 Behold, a lead cover was lifted up, and a woman was sitting in the middle of the bushel. 8 He said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the bushel. And he cast the lead stone over its opening. 9 I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, two women came out. The wind was in their wings. For they had wings like the wings of a stork. They lifted up the bushel between the earth and the heavens. 10 I said to the angel who talked with me, Where are they going with the bushel? 11 He said to me, To build a house for it in the land of Shinar. It will be established and set there on its own base.
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