Zekaryah (Zechariah) 5:5–11 — The woman in a basket vision

OET-RV by section ZEC 5:5

This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.

5:5 The woman in a basket vision

5 Then the messenger who’d been talking with me came over and said to me, “Look up and see what’s coming now.”

6 “What is it?” I asked.

And he said, “That’s the measuring bin that’s coming.” Then he continued, “That’s their eye[fn] across the whole land.”

7 Then, wow, a lead covering was lifted off and there was a woman sitting inside the measuring bin. 8 He said, “This woman is ‘wickedness’.” Then he pushed her back inside the measuring bin, then quickly pressed the heavy lead cover back over its opening.

9 Then I looked up again and wow, I saw two women with wings like stork’s wings, flying on the wind towards us, and they lifted the measuring bin up into the sky.

10 “Where are they taking the measuring bin?” I asked the messenger who’d been talking with me.

11 “To build a temple for it in Bavel (Babylon),” he replied. “And when it’s ready, it’ll be set on a base there.”

5:6 Some ancient translations have ‘iniquity’ here, but we’ve stayed with the Hebrew.