Zechariah 5:1-4

Zechariah's vision of a scroll

1 I looked up again. I saw a scroll that was flying in the air.

2 The angel asked me, ‘What do you see?’

I answered, ‘I see a scroll that is flying in the air. It is about 10 metres long and 5 metres wide.’

3 The angel said to me, ‘The words on the scroll are a curse that is going out over the whole land. The curse tells about punishment for people who rob other people. God will remove them from the land. God will also remove from the land those people who tell lies against other people. 4 The Lord Almighty says, “I will send out this scroll to take a curse into the house of robbers. I will also send it into the house of people who use my name to tell lies. The curse will remain in their houses. It will completely destroy all the wood and the stones of their houses.” ’