Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 And I turned and lifted up my eyes: and I saw, and behold a volume flying.
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Again I looked up and saw a flying scroll.
2 And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I see a volume flying: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
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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 And he said to me: This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the earth: for every thief shall be judged as is there written: and every one that sweareth in like manner shall be judged by it.
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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 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.
4 I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts: and it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof.
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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."
5 And the angel went forth that spoke in me, and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what this is, that goeth forth.
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Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Look up and see what this is that is coming out."
6 And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth.
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I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is a basket coming out." And he said, "This is their iniquity in all the land."
7 And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.
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Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!
8 And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
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And he said, "This is Wickedness." So he thrust her back into the basket, and pressed the leaden weight down on its mouth.
9 And I lifted up my eyes and looked: and behold there came out two women, and wind was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite: and they lifted up the vessel between the earth and the heaven.
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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.
10 And I said to the angel that spoke in me: Whither do these carry the vessel?
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Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the basket?"
11 And he said to me: That a house may be built for it in the land of Sennaar, and that it may be established, and set there upon its own basis.
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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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