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Zechariah 5:9

7 And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.

8 “This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

10 “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.

11 “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
KJV
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.
WEB
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there were two women; and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
ASV
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.
DARBY
And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.
BLB
And I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, two women were coming forth, and the wind [was] in their wings! And unto them [were] wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between the earth and between the heavens.
ÅB
Deretter løftet jeg mine øyne opp og fikk se to kvinner som kom fram, og vinden fylte deres vinger, for de hadde vinger som storkens vinger; og de løftet efaen opp, så den svevde mellom jorden og himmelen.
OTB
Så løftet jeg blikket og så to kvinner komme ut med vinden i sine vinger; de hadde vinger som en stork, og de løftet kurven mellom jorden og himmelen.
B1930
Derefter løftet jeg mine øine op og fikk se to kvinner som kom frem, og vinden fylte deres vinger, for de hadde vinger som storkens vinger; og de løftet efaen op, så den svevde mellem jorden og himmelen.

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Cross references

  • Hosea 8:1

    Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

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  • Daniel 9:26–27

    Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:49

    The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

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  • Leviticus 11:19

    the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

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  • Matthew 24:28

    Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

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