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According to it, every thief and every perjurer<a id="rfn45005003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45005003-1">*</a> will be expelled. <span id="v45005004" class="ver">4</span>I will send it forth—oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts—so that it will come to the house of the thief, and into the house of the one who swears falsely by my name.<a id="ren45005004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45005004-b">b</a> It shall lodge within each house, consuming it, timber and stones.”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Sixth Vision: The Basket of Wickedness.</span> <span id="v45005005" class="ver">5</span>Then the angel who spoke with me came forward and said to me, “Raise your eyes and look. What is this that comes forth?” <span id="v45005006" class="ver">6</span>I said, “What is it?” And he answered, “This is the basket<a id="rfn45005006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45005006-1">*</a> that is coming.” And he said, “This is their guilt in all the land.” <span id="v45005007" class="ver">7</span>Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.<a id="rfn45005007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45005007-1">*</a> <span id="v45005008" class="ver">8</span>He said, “This is Wickedness,” and he thrust her inside the basket, pushing the leaden weight into the opening.</p> <p><span id="v45005009" class="ver">9</span>Then I raised my eyes and saw two women coming forth with wind under their wings<a id="rfn45005009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45005009-1">*</a>—they had wings like the wings of a stork—and they lifted the basket into the air. <span id="v45005010" class="ver">10</span>I said to the angel who spoke with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” <span id="v45005011" class="ver">11</span>He replied, “To build a temple for it in the land of Shinar.<a id="rfn45005011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45005011-1">*</a> When the temple is constructed, they will set it there on its base.”</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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