Easy-to-Read Version
Zechariah 5:5-11
The Woman and the Bucket

The angel who was talking to me went outside and said, “Look! What do you see coming?” I said, “I don’t know. What is it?” He said, “That is a measuring bucket.” He also said, “That bucket is for measuring the sins of the people in this country.” A lid made of lead was lifted off the bucket, and there was a woman in the bucket. The angel said, “The woman represents evil.” Then the angel pushed the woman down into the bucket and put the lead lid back on it. Then I looked up and saw two women with wings like a stork. They flew out, and with the wind in their wings, they picked up the bucket. They flew through the air carrying the bucket. Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they carrying the bucket?” The angel told me, “They are going to build a house for it in Babylonia. After they build that house, they will put the bucket there.”