1. I looked up again and saw—surprise!—a book on the wing! A book flying!
2. The Messenger-Angel said to me, “What do you see now?”I said, “I see a book flying, a huge book—thirty feet long and fifteen wide!”
3-4. He told me, “This book is the verdict going out worldwide against thieves and liars. The first half of the book disposes of everyone who steals; the second half takes care of everyone who lies. I launched it”—Decree of God-of-the-Angel-Armies—“and so it will fly into the house of every thief and every liar. It will land in each house and tear it down, timbers and stones.”
5. The Messenger-Angel appeared and said, “Look up. Tell me what you see.”
6. I said, “What in the world is that?”He said, “This is a bushel basket on a journey. It holds the sin of everyone, everywhere.”
7. Then the lid made of lead was removed from the basket—and there was a woman sitting in it!