5 Then the angel who talked 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 1 coming out." And he said, "This is their iniquity 2 in all the land." 7 Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! 3 8 And he said, "This is Wickedness." So he thrust her back into the basket, 4 and pressed the leaden weight down on its mouth.
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 5 between earth and sky. 10 Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the basket?" 6 11 He said to me, "To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it; and when this is prepared, they will set the basket 7 down there on its base."