12 At that time people will hope but not get what they hoped for; they will labor, but they will make no progress.
13 I am permitted to tell you these signs, and if you pray again and continue to weep as you are now doing and fast for seven days, you will again hear greater things than these."
14 I awoke, my body shuddered greatly, and my spirit labored so that it fainted.
15 The angel who came and talked to me held me, comforted me, and set me on my feet.
16 On the second night, Phaltiel a leader of the people came to me and said, "Where were you, and why is your face sad?
17 Don’t you realize that Israel has been entrusted to you while it is in exile in this land?
18 Arise then, and take some food so that you may not abandon us like a shepherd who leaves his flock in the power of cruel wolves."