Then a lead cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.

Then I looked up 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 earth and sky.

The Lord of Hosts says this: “Old men and women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of advanced age.

How lovely and beautiful they will be!
Grain will make the young men flourish,
and new wine, the young women.

The land will mourn, every family by itself: the family of David’s house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Nathan’s house by itself and their women by themselves;

the family of Levi’s house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself and their women by themselves;

all the remaining families, every family by itself, and their women by themselves.

I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.