Zechariah 55ZechariahCall to return and eight night visionsThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. The Vision of the Flying Scroll

2. 1ENGOJBThen I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and hinei a megillah flying!BSBBSB: Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.
3. 2ENGOJBAnd he said unto me: What seest thou? And I answered: I see a megillah flying; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.BSBBSB: “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
4. 3ENGOJBThen said he unto me: This is ha'alah (the curse) that goeth forth over the face of kol ha'aretz; for every ganav that stealeth shall be purged out according to what it says on one side of the megillah; and every perjurer that sweareth falsely shall be purged out according to what it says on the other side.BSBBSB: Then 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.
5. 4ENGOJBI will send it forth, saith Hashem Tzva'os, and it shall enter into the bais haganav, and into the bais of him that sweareth falsely biShmi (by My Name); and it shall remain inside his bais, and shall destroy it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.BSBBSB: I 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.”

6. The Vision of the Woman in a Basket

7. 5ENGOJBThen the malach that spoke with me came forward, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that cometh into view.BSBBSB: Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
8. 6ENGOJBAnd I said, What is it? And he said, This is the eifah (measuring basket) going out. He said moreover, This is their appearance throughout kol ha'aretz.BSBBSB: “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.”
9. 7ENGOJBAnd, hinei, there was lifted up a lead cover; and there was an isha (woman) yoshevet (sitting) inside the eifah (measuring basket)!BSBBSB: And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
10. 8ENGOJBAnd he said, This is HaRishah (The Wickedness). And he pushed her inside the eifah; and he pushed the lead cover over the mouth of the eifah.BSBBSB: “This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.
11. 9ENGOJBThen lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, hinei, there came forth two nashim (women), and the ruach (wind) was in their kenafayim (wings); for they had kenafayim (wings) like the kenafayim of a stork: and they lifted up the eifah between ha'aretz and HaShomayim.BSBBSB: Then 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.
12. 10ENGOJBThen said I to the malach that spoke with me, Whither are these taking the eifah?BSBBSB: “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
13. 11ENGOJBAnd he said unto me, To build it a bais in Eretz Shinar (Babylon); and it shall be placed there and set upon its own base.BSBBSB: “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.”