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Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said, “Look up and see what’s coming.”
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“What is it?” I asked.
He replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain, 1 and it’s filled with the sins 2 of everyone throughout the land.”
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Then the heavy lead cover was lifted off the basket, and there was a woman sitting inside it.
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The angel said, “The woman’s name is Wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and closed the heavy lid again.
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Then I looked up and saw two women flying toward us, gliding on the wind. They had wings like a stork, and they picked up the basket and flew into the sky.
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“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel.
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He replied, “To the land of Babylonia, 3 where they will build a temple for the basket. And when the temple is ready, they will set the basket there on its pedestal.”