6. I asked, “What is it?” He replied, “It is a basket.” And he added, “This is the iniquity of the people throughout the land.”
7. Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman!
8. He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.
9. Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
10. “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.
11. He replied, “To the country of Babylonia to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”