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Zechariah 5 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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A Flying Scroll

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:1 - I looked up again and saw a scroll flying through the air.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:2 - “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.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - Then 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4 - And 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:5 - Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said, “Look up and see what’s coming.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - “What is it?” I asked.
He replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain,[fn] and it’s filled with the sins[fn] of everyone throughout the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - Then the heavy lead cover was lifted off the basket, and there was a woman sitting inside it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - The angel said, “The woman’s name is Wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and closed the heavy lid again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:11 - He replied, “To the land of Babylonia,[fn] 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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NLT Footnotes
Hebrew 20 cubits [9 meters] long and 10 cubits [4.5 meters] wide.
Hebrew an ephah [20 quarts or 22 liters]; also in 5:7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
As in Greek version; Hebrew reads the appearance.
Hebrew the land of Shinar.
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