Zechariah 1:7-15

7On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows: 8I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a 1red horse, and he was standing among the 2myrtle trees which were in the ravine, with red, sorrel and 3white horses behind him. 9Then I said, “My 4lord, what are these?” And the 5angel who was speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.” 10And the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are those whom the Lord has sent to 67patrol the earth.” 11So they answered the angel of the Lord who was 8standing among the myrtle trees and said, “We have 9patrolled the earth, and behold, 10all the earth is 11peaceful and quiet.”

12Then the angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, 12how long will You 13have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been 14indignant these 15seventy years?” 13The Lord answered the 16angel who was speaking with me with 17gracious words, 18comforting words. 14So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “19Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I am 20exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion. 15But I am very 21angry with the nations who are 22at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they 2324furthered the disaster.”