5. Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what is going out.”
6. “What is it?” I asked.He answered, “It is a measuring basket going out.” He also said, “It is a symbol of the people’s sins in all the land.”
7. Then the lid made of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
8. The angel said, “The woman stands for wickedness.” Then he pushed her back into the basket and put the lid back down.
9. Then I looked up and saw two women going out with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and the sky.
10. I asked the angel who was talking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”
11. “They are going to Babylonia to build a temple for it,” he answered. “When the temple is ready, they will set the basket there in its place.”