The Prophet Zechariah

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- Kapitel 5 -

And I turned and lifted up my eyes. And I saw, and behold, a book flying.(a)

And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a book flying. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width is ten cubits.”

And he said to me, “This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth. For every thief will be judged, just as it has been written there, and everyone who swears by this, will be judged in like manner.”(b)

I will bring it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it will approach to the house of the thief, and to the house of him who swears falsely by my name, and it will remain in the midst of his house and will consume it, with its wood and its stones.

The Vision of the Woman in a Basket

And the angel had departed, who was speaking with me. And he said to me, “Lift up your eyes, and see what this is, that goes forth.”

And I said, “What, then, is it?” And he said, “This is a container going forth.” And he said, “This is their eye in all the earth.”(c)

And behold, a talent of lead was being carried; and behold, one woman sitting in the middle of the container.

And he said, “This is impiety.” And he cast her into the middle of the container, and he sent the weight of lead into its mouth.

And I lifted up my eyes and I saw. And behold, two women were departing, and a spirit was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite, and they lifted up the container between earth and heaven.

And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the container?”

And he said to me, “To a house that may be built for it in the land of Shinar, and so that it may be established and set there upon its own base.”(d)

Fußnoten

(a)5:1 A volume:That is, a parchment, according to the form of the ancient books, which, from being rolled up, were called volumes.(Challoner)

(b)5:3 The Bible contains curses against those who depart from its teachings and transgress against its laws. The Book that flies through the world is the Bible. Those who break the ten commandments, as in the example of the thief, will be punished according to its words. And everyone who swears to live by the Bible will be judged by it.(Conte)

(c)5:6 This is their eye:This is what they fix their eye upon: or this is a resemblance and figure of them, viz., of sinners.(Challoner)

(d)5:11 The land of Sennaar:Where Babel or Babylon was built, Gen. 11., where note, that Babylon in holy writ is often taken for the city of the devil: that is, for the whole congregation of the wicked: as Jerusalem is taken for the city and people of God.(Challoner)

Vision von der fliegenden Schriftrolle

Und wieder erhob ich meine Augen und schaute: siehe, da war eine fliegende Schriftrolle.

Da sprach er zu mir: Was siehst du? Ich sprach: Ich sehe eine fliegende Rolle, ihre Länge ist zwanzig Ellen und ihre Breite zehn Ellen.

Er sprach zu mir: Dies ist der Fluch, der ausgeht über das ganze Land; denn jeder Dieb wird, wie darin geschrieben steht, gerichtet werden, und jeder Schwörende wird gleichfalls darnach gerichtet werden.

Ich lasse ihn ausgehen, spricht der Herr der Heerscharen, dass er in das Haus des Diebes und in das Haus des bei meinem Namen Falschschwörenden eindringe, und er soll mitten in dessen Hause bleiben und es verzehren, das Holz desselben samt den Steinen.

Vision von der Frau im Korb

Wieder trat der Engel, der mit mir redete, hervor und sprach zu mir: Erhebe deine Augen und schaue, was dies ist, was erscheint.

Ich sprach: Was ist es? Er erwiderte: Es ist ein Maß, das erscheint. Und er sprach: Dies ist ihr Aussehen über das ganze Land hin.

Und siehe, eine schwere Scheibe von Blei schwebte herbei; siehe, ein Weib saß mitten in dem Maß.

Da sprach er: Dies ist die Gottlosigkeit! Und er warf sie in das Maß hinein und tat die Bleimasse auf dessen Mündung.

Als ich nun meine Augen erhob und schaute, siehe, da erschienen zwei Weiber. Der Wind hob ihre Schwingen, die wie Habichtsflügel gestaltet waren; diese erhoben das Maß zwischen Himmel und Erde.

Da sprach ich zu dem Engel, der mit mir redete: Wohin bringen diese das Maß?

Er antwortete mir: Dass ihm eine Wohnung gebaut werde im Lande Sennaar, dort wird es aufgerichtet und niedergelassen werden auf sein Gestell.