The Vision of the Flying Scroll 1 UST I looked up again and saw a scroll flying through the air. BSB BSB: Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.
2 UST The angel asked me,“What do you see?” I replied,“I see a scroll flying through the air. It is about 30 feet long and about 15 feet wide.” BSB BSB: “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
3 UST Then he said to me,“This scroll contains the words that Yahweh speaks to punish people throughout the whole land. On one side, the scroll says that Yahweh will remove everyone who steals. On the other side, it says that he will remove everyone who lies when making a solemn promise. BSB BSB: 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.
4 UST Yahweh, the commander of the heavenly armies, declares,‘I will send this scroll to the houses of people who steal and to the houses of people who use my authority to make false promises. The scroll will remain in those houses and will destroy them completely, including all their wooden beams and stones.’” BSB BSB: 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.”
The Vision of the Woman in a Basket 5 UST Then the angel who had been talking to me came closer and said,“Look up and see what is coming out.” BSB BSB: Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
6 UST I asked him,“What is it?” He replied,“It is a large measuring basket that is coming out.” Then he said,“It represents what the people are doing throughout the whole land.” BSB BSB: “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.”
7 UST Then I saw someone lifting the heavy lead cover off the basket. There was a woman sitting inside the basket! BSB BSB: And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
8 UST The angel said,“She represents how wicked the people are.” Then the angel threw her back down into the basket and put the heavy lead cover back over the opening. BSB BSB: “This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.
9 UST Then I looked up and saw two women coming toward me. The wind was blowing under their wings, and they had large wings like those of a stork. They lifted the basket up high between the ground and the sky. BSB BSB: 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.
10 UST I asked the angel who had been talking to me,“Where are they taking that basket?” BSB BSB: “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
11 UST He replied,“They are taking it to Babylonia to build a temple for it there. When they finish building the temple, they will place the basket inside on a pedestal.” BSB BSB: “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.”