5:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes,
and looked and behold a flying sickle.
5:2 And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I see a flying sickle,
of the length of twenty cubits, and of the breadth of ten cubits.
5:3 And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of
the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side,
and every false swearer shall be punished on that side.
5:4 And I will bring it forth, saith Yehovah Almighty, and it shall enter
into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely
by my name: and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume
it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.
5:5 And the Messenger that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up
thine eyes, and see this that goes forth.
5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the measure that goes
forth. And he said, This is their iniquity in all the earth.
5:7 And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold a woman sat in the
midst of the measure.
5:8 And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the
measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it.
5:9 And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, two women coming forth,
and the wind was in their wings; and they had stork's wings: and they lifted
up the measure between the earth and the sky.
5:10 And I said to the Messenger that spoke with me, Whither do these carry away
the measure?
5:11 And he said to me, To build it a house in the land of Babylon, and to
prepare [a place for it]; and they shall set it there on its own base. |
5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes,
and looked, and behold a flying roll.
5:2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying
roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten
cubits.
5:3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face
of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this
side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on
that side according to it.
5:4 I will bring it forth, saith Yehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into
the house of the thief, and into 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.
5:5 Then the Messenger that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up
now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth.
He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.
5:7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman
that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
5:8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the
ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two
women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of
a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
5:10 Then said I to the Messenger that talked with me, Whither do these bear the
ephah?
5:11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it
shall be established, and set there upon her own base. |