I asked, “What is it?” And he replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here.” Moreover, he said, “This is their ‘eye’ throughout all the earth.”

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk about on the earth.”

He replied, “Don’t you know what these are?” And I said, “No, sir.”

So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

He replied, “To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.”

All these strong ones are scattering; they have sought permission to go and walk about over the earth.” The Lord had said, “Go! Walk about over the earth!” So they are doing so.

Again the Lord said to me, “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

The angel spoke up to those standing all around, “Remove his filthy clothes.” Then he said to Joshua, “I have freely forgiven your iniquity and will dress you in fine clothing.”

He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps.

Then I asked one nearby, “What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said, “I will show you what these are.”

Turning to me, the messenger then said, “Cry out that the Lord who rules over all says, ‘I am very much moved for Jerusalem and for Zion.

I asked, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length.”

and said to him, “Hurry, speak to this young man as follows: ‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls because of the multitude of people and animals there.

The Lord said to Satan, “May the Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Isn’t this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

He replied, “Don’t you know what these are?” So I responded, “No, sir.”

Someone asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.”

After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, “Look, see what is leaving.”

He then said, “This woman represents wickedness,” and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top.

The messenger replied, “These are the four spirits of heaven that have been presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.

The angel of the Lord then asked, “Lord who rules over all, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?”