9 And I said, "What are these, my lord?" And the angel, who was speaking with me, said to me, "I will reveal to you what these are."
10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, "These are they, whom the Lord has sent in order to walk through the earth."
11 And those who stood among the myrtle trees answered the angel of the Lord, and they said, "We have walked through the earth, and behold, all the earth is inhabited and is at rest."
12 And the angel of the Lord answered and said, "Lord of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, with which you have been angry? This is now the seventieth year."
13 And the Lord answered the angel, who had been speaking with me, good words, consoling words.
14 And the angel, who was speaking with me, said to me: Cry out, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have been zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great zeal.
15 And, with a great anger, I am angry with the wealthy nations. Though I had been angry a little, truly they advanced further in evil.