Vision Seven: The Ephah

5  After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, “Look, see what is leaving.” 6  I asked, “What is it?” And he replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here.” Moreover, he said, “This is their ‘eye’ throughout all the earth.” 7  Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket. 8  He then said, “This woman represents wickedness,” and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top. 9  Then I looked again and saw two women going forth with the wind in their wings (they had wings like those of a stork) and they lifted up the basket between the earth and the sky. 10  I asked the messenger who was speaking to me, “Where are they taking the basket?” 11  He replied, “To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.”

6  Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze. 2  Harnessed to the first chariot were red horses, to the second black horses, 3  to the third white horses, and to the fourth spotted horses, all of them strong. 4  Then I asked the angelic messenger who was speaking with me, “What are these, sir?” 5  The messenger replied, “These are the four spirits of heaven that have been presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. 6  The chariot with the black horses is going to the north country and the white ones are going after them, but the spotted ones are going to the south country. 7  All these strong ones are scattering; they have sought permission to go and walk about over the earth.” The Lord had said, “Go! Walk about over the earth!” So they are doing so. 8  Then he cried out to me, “Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me peace about the northland.”