Then I said, “What are these, my lord?” And the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”

So they responded to the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees and said, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is still and quiet.”

Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord of armies, how long will You take no pity on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant for these seventy years?”

And the Lord responded to the angel who was speaking with me with gracious words, comforting words.

So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.

So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

And behold, the angel who had been speaking with me was going out, and another angel was going out to meet him.

Joshua, the High Priest

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right to accuse him.

Now Joshua was clothed in filthy garments and was standing before the angel.

Then I said, “Have them put a clean headband on his head.” So they put the clean headband on his head and clothed him with garments, while the angel of the Lord was standing by.

And the angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying,

The Golden Lampstand and the Olive Trees

Then the angel who had been speaking with me returned and woke me, like a person who is awakened from his sleep.

Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

Then the angel who had been speaking with me went out and said to me, “Now raise your eyes and see what this is that is going forth.”

So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?”

So I responded and said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”

The angel replied to me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going out after taking their stand before the Lord of all the earth,

On that day the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them on that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.