3 Then he said to me, 'This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.
4 I will cause it to go out,' says Yahweh of Hosts, 'and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.'
5 Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me, 'Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing.'
6 I said, 'What is it?' He said, 'This is the ephah{ An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 litres, 5.8 U. S. gallons, 4.8 imperial gallons, or a bit more than half a bushel. } basket that is appearing.' He said moreover, 'This is their appearance in all the land
7 (and, behold, a talent{A talent is a weight of about 34 kilograms or 75 pounds.} of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah basket.'
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