| Chapter
5 |
1 | Then I
turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. |
2 | And he said unto me, What seest
thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits,
and the breadth thereof ten cubits. |
3 | Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the
face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on
this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on
that side according to it. |
4 |
I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the
house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name:
and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the
timber thereof and the stones thereof. |
5 | Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said
unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. |
6 | And I said, What is it? And
he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their
resemblance through all the earth. |
7 | And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a
woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. |
8 | And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the
midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. |
9 | Then lifted I up mine eyes,
and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their
wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the
ephah between the earth and the heaven. |
10 | Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither
do these bear the ephah? |
11 |
And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it
shall be established, and set there upon her own base. |