Holy Scripture
Zechariah 5:8
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 5 seq.) And an angel came out who spoke to me, and said to me: Lift up your eyes and see what is coming. And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a departing vessel; and he said: This is their eye in all the land. And behold, a weight of lead was being carried, and behold, a woman sitting in the middle of t…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
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.
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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.
7And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold a woman sat in the midst of the measure.
— Zechariah 5:8 —
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.
10And I said to the angel that spoke with me, Whither do these carry away the measure?