Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
An oracle concerning Babylon; a vision of Isaiah, son of Amoz.
Oracle on Moab: Laid waste in a night, Ar of Moab is destroyed; Laid waste in a night, Kir of Moab is destroyed.
you made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to the city’s Maker, nor consider the one who fashioned it long ago.
Then the man who was standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.”
I said, “What is it?” And he answered, “This is the basket that is coming.” And he said, “This is their guilt in all the land.”
He said, “This is Wickedness,” and he thrust her inside the basket, pushing the leaden weight into the opening.