| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll! | 1I looked up again and saw a scroll flying through the air. |
| 2And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.” | 2“What do you see?” the angel asked. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied. “It appears to be about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide. ” |
| 3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. | 3Then he said to me, “This scroll contains the curse that is going out over the entire land. One side of the scroll says that those who steal will be banished from the land; the other side says that those who swear falsely will be banished from the land. |
| 4I will send it out, declares the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones.” | 4And this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house of everyone who swears falsely using my name. And my curse will remain in that house and completely destroy it—even its timbers and stones.” A Woman in a Basket |
| 5Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” | 5Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said, “Look up and see what’s coming.” |
| 6And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the basket that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity in all the land.” | 6“What is it?” I asked. He replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain, and it’s filled with the sins of everyone throughout the land.” |
| 7And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! | 7Then the heavy lead cover was lifted off the basket, and there was a woman sitting inside it. |
| 8And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening. | 8The angel said, “The woman’s name is Wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and closed the heavy lid again. |
| 9Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. | 9Then I looked up and saw two women flying toward us, gliding on the wind. They had wings like a stork, and they picked up the basket and flew into the sky. |
| 10Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” | 10“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel. |
| 11He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.” | 11He replied, “To the land of Babylonia, where they will build a temple for the basket. And when the temple is ready, they will set the basket there on its pedestal.” |
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