Chapter 5

Then I turned,⁴ and lifted up⁴ mine eyes, and looked,⁴ and behold a flying⁶ roll.

And he said⁴ unto me, What seest⁶ thou? And I answered,⁴ I see⁶ a flying⁶ roll; the length thereof [is] twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

Then said⁴ he unto me, This [is] the curse that goeth forth⁶ over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth⁶ shall be cut off⁸ [as] on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth¹² shall be cut off⁸ [as] on that side according to it.

I will bring it forth,⁵² saith⁷ the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter¹ into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth¹² falsely by my name: and it shall remain¹ in the midst of his house, and shall consume¹⁴ it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

Then the angel that talked⁶ with me went forth,⁴ and said⁴ unto me, Lift up³ now thine eyes, and see³ what [is] this that goeth forth.⁶

And I said,⁴ What [is] it? And he said,⁴ This [is] an ephah that goeth forth.⁶ He said⁴ moreover, This [is] their resemblance through all the earth.

And, behold, there was lifted up⁸ a talent of lead: and this [is] a woman that sitteth⁶ in the midst of the ephah.

And he said,⁴ This [is] wickedness. And he cast⁵⁵ it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast⁵⁵ the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Then lifted I up⁴ mine eyes, and looked,⁴ and, behold, there came out⁶ two women, and the wind [was] in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up⁴ the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

Then said⁴ I to the angel that talked⁶ with me, Whither do these bear⁵⁶ the ephah?

And he said⁴ unto me, To build² it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established,⁹⁰ and set⁹⁰ there upon her own base.