“He said, “This is Wickedness;” and he threw her down into the middle of the ephah basket; and he threw the lead weight on its mouth.”
Zechariah 5:8 (WEB)
Context Reading
6I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the ephahbasket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the land — 7and behold, a lead cover weighing one talentwas lifted up — and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the ephahbasket.” 8He said, “This is Wickedness;” and he threw her down into the middle of the ephah basket; and he threw the lead weight on its mouth. 9Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there were two women; and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky. 10Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are these carrying the ephah basket?”