1: Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and
behold a flying roll. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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7: And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is
a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. |
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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.
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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. |
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10: Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do
these bear the ephah? |
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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. |