Sixth Vision: The Flying Scroll

5 Again I looked up and saw a flying scroll.^{(A) 2} And 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.” ³ Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land, for everyone who has stolen, as is forbidden on one side, has gone unpunished, and everyone who has sworn falsely,^[a] as is forbidden on the other side, has gone unpunished.^{(B) 4} I have sent it out, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name, and it shall abide in that house and consume it, both timber and stones.”^(C)

Seventh Vision: The Woman in a Basket

⁵ Then the angel who spoke with me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what this is that is coming out.” ⁶ I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is a basket^[b] coming out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity^[c] in the whole land.” ⁷ Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!^{[d] 8} And he said, “This is Wickedness.” So he thrust her back into the basket^[e] and pressed the leaden weight down on its mouth.^{(D) 9} Then I looked up and saw 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^[f] between earth and sky. ¹⁰ Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”^{[g] 11} He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it, and when this is prepared, they will set it down there on its base.”^(E)

Eighth Vision: Four Chariots

6 And again I looked up and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze. ² The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot black horses,^{(A) 3} the third chariot white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled gray^[a] horses.^{(B) 4} Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, “What are these, my lord?” ⁵ The angel answered me, “These are the four winds^[b] of heaven going out, after presenting themselves before the Lord of the whole earth.^{(C) 6} The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go toward the west country,^[c] and the dappled ones go toward the south country.”^{(D) 7} When the steeds came out, they were impatient to get off and patrol the earth. And he said, “Go, patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth. ⁸ Then he cried out to me, “See, those who go toward the north country have set my spirit at rest in the north country.”^(E)

The Coronation of the Branch

⁹ The word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁰ “Collect silver and gold^[d] from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah—who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.^{(F) 11} Take the silver and gold and make a crown^[e] and set it on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak;^{(G) 12} say to him: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Here is a man whose name is Branch, for he shall branch out in his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord.^{(H) 13} It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord; he shall bear royal honor and shall sit upon his throne and rule. There shall be a priest by his throne, with peaceful understanding between the two of them.^{(I) 14} And the crown^[f] shall be in the care of Heldai,^[g] Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Josiah^[h] son of Zephaniah, as a memorial in the temple of the Lord.

¹⁵ “Those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord, and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”^(J)