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Zechariah 5:1 (show verse)
Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll!
Zechariah 5:2 (show verse)
Someone asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide."
Zechariah 5:3 (show verse)
The speaker went on to say, "This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate."
Zechariah 5:4 (show verse)
"I will send it out," says the Lord who rules over all, "and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones."
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Perjury condemned
Oaths » The jews » Condemned for false
Perjury » Perjury condemned
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Stealing
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Perjury
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Shall have a curse upon their houses for
Symbols and similitudes » Roll
Vision » Of zechariah » Of the flying roll
Oaths » The jews » Condemned for false
Perjury » Perjury condemned
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Stealing
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Perjury
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Shall have a curse upon their houses for
Symbols and similitudes » Roll
Vision » Of zechariah » Of the flying roll
Zechariah 5:5 (show verse)
After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, "Look, see what is leaving."
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Zechariah 5:6 (show verse)
I asked, "What is it?" And he replied, "It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here." Moreover, he said, "This is their 'eye' throughout all the earth."
Zechariah 5:7 (show verse)
Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket.
Zechariah 5:8 (show verse)
He then said, "This woman represents wickedness," and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top.
Zechariah 5:9 (show verse)
Then I looked again and saw two women going forth with the wind in their wings (they had wings like those of a stork) and they lifted up the basket between the earth and the sky.
Zechariah 5:10 (show verse)
I asked the messenger who was speaking to me, "Where are they taking the basket?"
Zechariah 5:11 (show verse)
He replied, "To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence."