1 Again raising my eyes, I had a vision. There was a flying scroll.
2 The angel who was talking to me said, 'What do you see?' I replied, 'I see a flying scroll; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.'
3 He then said to me, 'This is God's curse sweeping across the face of the whole country; for, according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished and, according to what it says on the other, everyone who commits perjury in my name will be banished from it.
4 I am going to release it -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- for it to enter the house of the thief and of anyone who commits perjury in my name, for it to settle deep within his house and consume it, timber, stone and all.'
5 The angel who was talking to me appeared and said to me, 'Raise your eyes, and see what this is, going along.'
6 I said, 'What is it?' He said, 'It is a bushel measure going along.' He went on, 'This is their guilt throughout the country.'
7 At this, a disc of lead was raised, and I saw a woman sitting inside the barrel.
8 He said, 'This is Wickedness.' And he rammed her back into the barrel and jammed its mouth shut with the mass of lead.
9 I raised my eyes, and there were two women appearing. The wind caught their wings -- they had wings like a stork's; they raised the barrel midway between earth and heaven.
10 I then said to the angel who was talking to me, 'Where are they taking the barrel?'
11 He replied, 'To build a temple for it in the land of Shinar and make a pedestal on which to put it.'
Versículos relacionados com Zechariah, 5:
Zechariah 5 describes two views that show the removal of sin and iniquity from the middle of God's people. The first vision presents a roll flying through the air, representing God's judgment on sin. The second vision presents a woman within a basket, which is taken by the angels to Babylon, representing the removal of evil from the middle of God's people. Below are five verses related to these themes:
Isaiah 33:24: "And no resident will say, I am sick! The people who dwell in it have been forgiven of their iniquity." This verse talks about the forgiveness of iniquities, which is a central theme in Zechariah 5.
Psalm 103:12: "How far from us is the East of the West, so it removes our transgressions from us." This verse talks about the removal of sins, which is an image that appears in the first vision of Zechariah 5.
Isaiah 1:18: "Come then, and argue me, says the Lord, Though your sins are like the scarlet, they will become white like snow; even if they are red as the Carmesim, they will become as the white wool. " This verse talks about the removal of sins through forgiveness and purification.
1 John 1:9: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all injustice." This verse talks about the confession of sins and the purification that comes through the forgiveness of God.
Isaiah 44:22: "I give up as the mist your transgressions, and how the cloud sins your sins; become to myself, because I released you." This verse talks about the forgiveness and removal of God sins, which is an important theme in Zechariah 5.
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