Holy Scripture
Zechariah 5:7
A church father on this verse
“For virtue is a light and buoyant thing, and all who live in her way "fly like clouds," as Isaiah says, "and as doves with their young ones"; but sin is a heavy affair, "sitting," as another of the prophets says, "upon a talent of lead." If, however, this reading of the history appears to any forced and inapplicable,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold a woman sat in the midst of the measure.
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5And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up thine eyes, and see this that goes forth.
6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the measure that goes forth. And he said, This is their iniquity in all the earth.
— Zechariah 5:7 —
8And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it.
9And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, two women coming forth, and the wind was in their wings; and they had stork’s wings: and they lifted up the measure between the earth and the sky.