Zechariah 5:5-11

5 The angel appeared again and said, "Look! Something else is coming!"
6 "What is it?" I asked. He replied, "It is a basket, and it stands for the sin of the whole land."
7 The basket had a lid made of lead. As I watched, the lid was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman!
8 The angel said, "This represents wickedness." Then he pushed her down into the basket and put the lid back down.
9 I looked up and saw two women flying toward me with powerful wings like those of a stork. They picked up the basket and flew off with it.
10 I asked the angel, "Where are they taking it?"
11 He answered, "To Babylonia, where they will build a temple for it. When the temple is finished, the basket will be placed there to be worshiped."

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. [Some ancient translations] sin; [Hebrew] eye.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.