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1 Again I looked up and saw a flying scroll.
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Then again lifting up my eyes I saw a roll in flight through the air.
2 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."
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And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, A roll going through the air; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.
3 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 cut off according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to the writing on the other side.
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Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.
4 I have sent it out, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name; and it shall abide in that house and consume it, both timber and stones."
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And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.
5 Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Look up and see what this is that is coming out."
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And the angel who was talking to me went out and said to me, Let your eyes be lifted up now, and see the ephah which is going out.
6 I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is a basket coming out." And he said, "This is their iniquity in all the land."
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And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.
7 Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!
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And I saw a round cover of lead lifted up; and a woman was seated in the middle of the ephah.
8 And he said, "This is Wickedness." So he thrust her back into the basket, and pressed the leaden weight down on its mouth.
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And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.
9 Then I looked up and saw 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 sky.
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And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.
10 Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the basket?"
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And I said to the angel who was talking to me, Where are they taking the ephah?
11 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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And he said to me, To make a house for her in the land of Shinar: and they will make a place ready, and put her there in the place which is hers.
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