4. I will send out a curse, declares the Lord of Armies, and it will enter the houses of thieves and the houses of those who take oaths in my name. It will stay in their houses and destroy the timber and stone.”
5. The angel who was speaking with me came forward. He said, “Look up, and see what’s coming.”
6. “What is it?” I asked.“A basket is coming,” he said. Then he added, “This is what the people’s sins look like all over the earth.”
7. A lead cover ⌊on the basket⌋ was raised, and a woman was sitting in the basket.
8. The angel said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and forced the lead cover down on top of it.
9. I looked up and saw two women coming forward with wind in their wings. They had wings like those of a stork. They carried the basket into the sky.
10. I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”
11. He answered me, “They are going to build a house for it in Shinar [Babylonia]. When the house is ready, they will set the basket there on a stand.”