Zechariah 1:9-19

9 Then I said, "What are these, my lord?" The angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what they are."
10 So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, "They are those whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth."
11 Then they spoke to the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees, "We have patrolled the earth, and lo, the whole earth remains at peace."
12 Then the angel of the Lord said, "O Lord of hosts, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which you have been angry these seventy years?"
13 Then the Lord replied with gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.
14 So the angel who talked with me said to me, Proclaim this message: Thus says the Lord of hosts; I am very jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.
15 And I am extremely angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they made the disaster worse.
16 Therefore, thus says the Lord, I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion; my house shall be built in it, says the Lord of hosts, and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.
17 Proclaim further: Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity; the Lord will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.
18 [a] And I looked up and saw four horns.
19 I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these?" And he answered me, "These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."

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