38 The angel said, “Now listen closely, and I will explain the meaning of these things that you fear. God Most High has revealed many secrets to you
39 because he has seen that you have lived a righteous life and have always grieved and mourned for your people and for Jerusalem.
40 This is what the vision means: a woman appeared to you a little while ago,
41 and when you saw that she was mourning, you tried to console her.
42-43 The woman told you about the death of her son. Then she vanished from your sight, and a whole city appeared. This is the meaning:
44 the woman you saw is Jerusalem, which you now see as a completed city.
45 When she told you that for thirty years she had had no children, it meant that for 3,000 years no offerings had yet been made there.