1I det næste syn så jeg en bogrulle, der kom flyvende gennem luften.2„Hvad ser du?” spurgte englen. „En flyvende bogrulle!” svarede jeg. „Den ser ud til at være omkring 10 m lang og 5 m høj.”3„På den bogrulle har Herren skrevet en dom, som gælder alle i hele landet,” forklarede englen. „De, som stjæler og lyver, har længe nok undgået deres straf.4Men nu sender jeg min dom over enhver, der stjæler, og over alle, der sværger falsk ved mit navn, siger Herren. Dommen vil ramme deres hjem og familier og ødelægge dem totalt.”
Kvinden i tønden
5Derefter kom englen igen hen til mig. „Kig op! Kan du se noget, der kommer svævende herhen?” spurgte han.6„Ja, hvad er det?” spurgte jeg. „En tønde til at måle korn med, men den er fyldt med landets synder,” forklarede han.7I det samme blev tøndens tunge blylåg løftet, og jeg så, at der sad en kvinde nede i den.8„Den kvinde symboliserer ondskaben på jorden,” forklarede englen. Så skubbede han hende tilbage i tønden og lagde låget på.9Da jeg kiggede op igen, så jeg to kvinder med storkevinger komme svævende gennem luften. De løftede tønden op og fløj af sted med den.10„Hvor bærer de tønden hen?” spurgte jeg englen.11„Til Babylon,” svarede han. „Der vil man bygge et tempel for kvinden, og når det er færdigt, vil man anbringe hende på en piedestal.”
English Standard Version
A Vision of a Flying Scroll
1Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll!2And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”*3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely* shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side.4I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones.”
A Vision of a Woman in a Basket
5Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.”6And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the basket* that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity* in all the land.”7And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!8And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening.9Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.10Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”11He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”
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