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It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.” <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">The Vision of the Woman in a Basket<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“What is it?” I asked. <p class="reg"> And he replied, “A measuring basket<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> in all the land.” <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span>” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> The flying scroll was approximately 30 feet long and 15 feet wide (9.1 meters long and 4.6 meters wide).<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>An ephah</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> One Hebrew manuscript, LXX, and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts <i>their appearance</i><span class="thin"> </span> or (literally) <i>their eye</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> That is, Babylonia<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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