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.”

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.

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?”