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1 I looked up again and saw a flying scroll.
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Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll!
2 And he said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I see a flying scroll, thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide."
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And he said to me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits."
3 He said to me, "This is the curse going out across all the land. Anyone stealing will be purged according to what's on one side of the scroll, and anyone swearing lies will be purged according to what's on the other side.
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Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side.
4 I sent it out, says the LORD of heavenly forces. It will come to the house of the thief and the one swearing lies in my name. It will lodge in their house and destroy the wood and stones of that house."
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I will send it out, declares the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones."
5 Then the messenger speaking with me came forward and said, "Look up and see what's approaching."
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Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out."
6 I said, "What's this?" He said, "This is the basket that is going out. This is how it appears throughout the entire land."
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And I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the basket that is going out." And he said, "This is their iniquity in all the land."
7 Then a lead cover was lifted, showing a woman sitting in the middle of the basket.
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And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!
8 He said, "This is wickedness." He shoved her back into the basket, and he put the lead stone over its opening.
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And he said, "This is Wickedness." And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening.
9 I looked up again and saw two women going out. There was a wind in their wings; their wings were like the wings of a stork. They carried the basket between the earth and the sky.
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Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.
10 I said to the messenger speaking with me, "Where are they taking the basket?"
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Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the basket?"
11 He said to me, "To build a house for it in the land of Shinar. It will be firmly placed there on its base."
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He said to me, "To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base."
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